Exploited and Extorted, 30 Africans Drown While Trying to Return Home From Yemen
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Exploited and Extorted, 30 Africans Drown While Trying to Return Home From Yemen
" the statement said. that The vessel is believed to have been operated by unscrupulous smugglers who were attempting to take refugees
and migrants to Djibouti, while also trying to extort more money from these refugees and migrants,
Djibouti said that Because of the incredibly difficult conditions of Yemen, people get fed up.
Despite the war in Yemen, more than 87,000 migrants
and refugees risked their lives last year seeking to reach the country by boat from the Horn of Africa, the agency said.
26, 2018
At least 30 African migrants and refugees drowned off Yemen this week after their overcrowded vessel capsized
during a clash with smugglers trying to extort them for more money, the United Nations said Friday.
The mass drowning, in the Gulf of Aden, which separates war-ravaged Yemen from the destitute Horn of Africa, punctuated the lethal hazards facing migrants
and refugees in an especially insecure part of the world.
Jeffrey Labovitz, the agency’s regional director in Nairobi, said many migrants in Yemen are enduring "dire
and vulnerable situations in a country at war, which is also suffering from large-scale food shortages." Follow Rick Gladstone on Twitter: @rickgladstone.
" the statement said. that The vessel is believed to have been operated by unscrupulous smugglers who were attempting to take refugees
and migrants to Djibouti, while also trying to extort more money from these refugees and migrants,
Djibouti said that Because of the incredibly difficult conditions of Yemen, people get fed up.
Despite the war in Yemen, more than 87,000 migrants
and refugees risked their lives last year seeking to reach the country by boat from the Horn of Africa, the agency said.
26, 2018
At least 30 African migrants and refugees drowned off Yemen this week after their overcrowded vessel capsized
during a clash with smugglers trying to extort them for more money, the United Nations said Friday.
The mass drowning, in the Gulf of Aden, which separates war-ravaged Yemen from the destitute Horn of Africa, punctuated the lethal hazards facing migrants
and refugees in an especially insecure part of the world.
Jeffrey Labovitz, the agency’s regional director in Nairobi, said many migrants in Yemen are enduring "dire
and vulnerable situations in a country at war, which is also suffering from large-scale food shortages." Follow Rick Gladstone on Twitter: @rickgladstone.