At
least 42 African migrants have drowned after their boat
overturned off Yemen's southern coast, the defence ministry has said.
The
boat smuggling dozens of migrants overturned off the coast of Beer
Ali, in the southern Shabwah province, late on Sunday the ministry
said in a brief statement on its news website 26sep.net.
A
Yemeni naval patrol in the Arabian Sea saved at least 30 others who
were taken to a refugee camp in the town of Mayfaa, it said.
A
security official confirmed the incident to the AFP news agency but
no more details were immediately available.
African
migrants, especially Ethiopians and Somalis fleeing poverty and
unrest at home, generally slip into southern Yemen by boat before
heading north towards the Saudi frontier.
About
84,000 people from Horn of Africa countries flooded into Yemen in
2012, hoping to find jobs in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries,
according to the International Organization for Migration.
Source Al-Jazeera English
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