At least 16 immigrants were also killed 28 others are missing in a shipwreck off its coast Djiboutias announced today by International Organization for Migration (IOM/IOM).
“Search and rescue operations by local authorities and IOM are ongoing”said this organization on Platform X, clarifying that a total of 77 migrants were on board the boat, “among whom at least one child”. The IOM did not specify whether this child was among those rescued.
This is the second shipwreck announced by the IOM off its coast Djiboutiwithin a few weeks, after a corresponding incident on April 8, in which they lost their lives at least 38 immigrantsincluding children.
The “eastern route” followed by migrants coming from the Horn of Africa to reach Saudi Arabia through war-torn Yemen is considered by the IOM to be “one of the most dangerous and complex migration routes in Africa and the world”. .
The Tunisian coast guard recovered the bodies of 19 migrants
Its coast guard Tunisia recovered the bodies 19 immigrants who were trying to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Tunisian guard announced today.
The incident brings the number of migrant deaths off the Tunisian coast to nearly 200 in the first four months of this year.
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