Overview

• The vessel, carrying 154 mostly Ethiopian migrants, capsized off Abyan province on Aug. 3 due to strong winds, according to officials.
• Search teams have recovered 68 bodies washed ashore at Khanfar and Zinjibar, rescued 12 survivors and still list 74 migrants as missing.
• The UN migration agency says this incident is the latest in a series of deadly shipwrecks off Yemen’s coast that have claimed hundreds of lives.
• Yemeni security forces have launched extensive recovery operations and appealed to regional and international bodies to bolster efforts against illegal maritime migration.
• Despite more than a decade of civil war, Yemen’s Red Sea corridor remains a dangerous but vital route for East African migrants seeking work in Gulf states.