Recent UN statistics reported that more than 120 migrants died in boat accidents that sank on trips between the Horn of Africa and Yemen during the last four months.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a recent report on the dangers of the eastern migration route, that at least 127 migrants were killed or missing in four boat sinking incidents off the coasts of Yemen, Djibouti and Somalia, during the period between April and July. 2024.

The report added that at least 62 migrants drowned in two boat capsizes off the coast of Djibouti in April, after they left the coast of Lahj with 143 migrants on board. The first occurred on the fourth of the month, killing 38 people, and the second. It occurred on the 22nd, and at least 24 others were killed.

The organization indicated that the month of June witnessed another tragic incident off the coast of Shabwa, where a boat that had left Bosaso in Somalia with 260 Somali and Ethiopian migrants on board capsized, and the incident resulted in the loss of at least 49 people, including 31 women and six children. .

The report explained that the fourth incident occurred off the coast of Taiz on July 26, when strong winds and a malfunction in the engine caused the boat to sink near Dhu Bab District, leading to the death of 12 migrants and the loss of four others out of 22 people on board the boat. Coming from Djibouti.

The International Organization for Migration confirmed that the eastern route between the Horn of Africa and Yemen is considered one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world, and the repeated boat sinking incidents that claim dozens of victims are clear evidence of “the harsh reality that migrants face at every step of their journey along this route.” .