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Dozens of Somalis drown off coast of Yemen
At least 53 Somalis have drowned while trying to cross from Somalia to Yemen, a Yemeni official said on Tuesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 13:23 April 1, 2008
Sana'a: At least 53 Somalis have drowned while trying to cross from Somalia to Yemen, a Yemeni official said on Tuesday.
The Somalis were forced to jump off the boat and into the sea off Yemen's Abyan province to swim ashore, a provincial official said.
At least 92 of the 145 aboard the vessel survived and were sent to refugee camps.
Last week another 75 Somali migrants drowned in a similar incident.
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