At least 38 people from Africa have died after their boat overturned near the coast of Yemen, BBC reported.
The boat, which was carrying around 250 people, sank after encountering strong winds.
Search operations continue for nearly 100 people who are still missing.
Local authorities in Yemen said that those on board were migrants, mostly from Ethiopia, who use Yemen as a transit point to reach Gulf states like UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc.
“Fishermen and residents managed to rescue 78 of the migrants, who reported that about 100 others who were with them on the same boat are missing,” a local official told Reuters, confirming that the boat sank before it reached Yemen’s shores.
97,000 migrants arrived in Yemen from the Horn of Africa last year, as per UN.
