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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.

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  • Published: 13:23 April 1, 2008
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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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