Monday, January 3, 2011

43 dead migrants sank two barges, 40 missing

ADEN (YEMEN) - traveled on two boats that, due to strong winds, were reversed. About 80 African migrants, in maggiornaza Ethiopian nationals, are probably drowned, although not yet definitely confirmed, off the southern coast of Yemen. The report of the Ministry of Interior Sana'a indicating that at least 43 are confirmed dead and the missing forty.

Have been found alive three Somalis. The Coast Guard is looking for other possible survivors. According to a Yemeni Interior Ministry statement carried a boat "and 46 people capsized near the coast in the province of Taeza. "All the people on board, but three Somalis, have drowned," says the press release yet, which also provides details on the other boat involved, off the coast of the province of Lahej, carrying "between 35 and 40 people, all Ethiopians, "including women and children.

"Their fate remains unknown." The ministry said that research is under way with''the hope of finding survivors.''

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