35 Refugees Die Making Gulf of Aden Crossing

Yemen — A boat smuggling 117 African refugees from Somalia to Yemen capsized last week off the coast of Ahwar, Yemen. At least 35 people drowned in the accident. Leila Nassif, the head of the UN Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) office in Aden called this tragedy "one of the worst incidents to occur in the Gulf of Aden in recent months."

According to the UNHCR, this year 87 boats and 19,622 people have arrived in Yemen after making the voyage across the Gulf of Aden from the Horn of Africa. And at least 131 people have died making the crossing and 66 are presumed missing at sea.

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