The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has another report (link below) of a refugee boat capsizing off the Yemeni coast. Last Thursday (3/19) a French Naval frigate patrolling the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden discovered a boat carrying 104 people, adrift and taking on water. The sailors were able to save the leaky boat and towed it to port in Aden Saturday, however, as the boat reached the dock it capsized. Seven people are confirmed dead, and five are missing and presumed to have drowned. The Yemeni coastguard arrested four smugglers. According to UNHCR, this year a total of 260 boats and 13,250 people have made the Gulf of Aden crossing from Ethiopia and Somalia to Yemen.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
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