At least 76 people have died and dozens remain missing after a boat packed with mostly Ethiopian migrants capsized off the coast of Yemen, officials said Monday, marking the latest deadly incident on one of the world’s most perilous migration routes.
Yemeni security officials confirmed that 76 bodies had been recovered and 32 survivors rescued following the shipwreck in the Gulf of Aden.
The U.N. International Organization for Migration said the vessel was carrying 157 people when it went down near Abyan province in southern Yemen.
The area is a well-known landing point for smugglers ferrying migrants from the Horn of Africa who hope to reach wealthier Gulf nations in search of work and safety.
Several survivors were transported to the port city of Aden, just west of Abyan, according to a Yemeni security source.
