Up to 70 illegal migrants coming from the Horn of Africa have drowned while trying to reach the Red Sea’s Moca coast, Taiz governorate, said security forces at Moca District.
The migrants, who carried Ethiopian identities and made it from the region to reach Yemen, were all on board of a small boat, reported Interior Ministry’s Information Center, which attributed the reasons of the incident to strong winds and sea waves.
The center made it clear that the boat coming from the Horn of Africa owned to known trafficker, whom the security forces are cracking down on.
Yemeni coasts witness infiltration of around 100 thousand illegal African migrants.
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Source: Saba news, Dec. 07-2014.
