Thursday night, 06 March 2025, more than 180 people were lost off Yemen and Djibouti, after 4 boats carrying migrants drowned, when two boats deviated off the coast of Djibouti and two others off the coast of Yemen, according to what the International Organization for Migration announced.

In the context, Abdel Sattar Esevi, head of the International Organization for Migration Mission in Yemen, said that one of the boats was transporting 31 people and the other about 150 off the coast of Yemen, explaining, "We are talking about 186 people who could have died in the sea ... We are working with the Yemeni authorities to try to find survivors, but I am not afraid that the situation will not be so."

The international organization attributed the reason for the sinking of boats to bad weather, strong waves and strong winds.

In Djibouti, "the boat turned near the beach because of the strong winds," according to Esif, who indicated that at least a person was killed in the incident, stressing "saving others" without providing a specific number.

Isseif added that "the number of people coming to Yemen from Ethiopia and Djibouti is unfortunately not decreased," especially with the arrival of a large portion of immigrants from the northern Tigray region in Ethiopia, which was torn by a dispute between 2020 and 2022.

Thousands of Horn of Africa immigrants cross the Red Sea every year to reach the Gulf states

Every year, thousands of immigrants from the Horn of Africa, often from Ethiopia and Somalia, “Eastern Corridor” through the Red Sea to reach the Gulf states to escape conflicts and natural disasters and the lack of economic prospects in their homeland.

immigrants who can reach Yemen face other threats to their safety in this poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula, which has been witnessing a civil war for more than a decade.

Most of them try to reach Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states to work as workers or homes.

But to reach these countries, the International Organization for Migration says, "Migrants are exploited and violent and face conditions that threaten their lives throughout the trip."

He spent at least 558 people during the crossing of the "eastern corridor" between the Horn of Africa and Yemen, according to the International Organization for Migration, which confirmed that the year 2024 was "the most fortified of lives during the transit of immigrants" this marine course.

The UN organization revealed that the number of migrants increased by 13 % between 2023 and 2024, from 395 thousand to 446 thousand people.

The organization also documented during the year 2024 "six large sinking incidents caused by the use of boats that are not suitable for marine navigation and the convenience of boats with passengers more than their capacity and sailing in non -favorable conditions, as well as forcing smugglers passengers to get at sea."

Last October, at least 48 people spent when immigrants were left at sea and were forced to jump from the boat.