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UN Launches a Rescue Operation After 8 Migrants Die Off Djiboutian Coast
- Smugglers attacked a migrant boat carrying about 150 passengers near Djibouti on 5 June, resulting in eight deaths and 22 missing persons.
- The migrants were compelled to leave the boat far from the shore and had to swim desperately to reach safety; the smugglers’ reasons for this remain unknown.
- Each year, thousands of African migrants risk perilous sea crossings from Djibouti to Yemen, confronting dangerously overcrowded and unfit vessels amid Yemen’s ongoing conflict.
- IOM Regional Director Celestine Frantz criticized the smugglers, explaining that these youths were put in extremely difficult situations by traffickers who disregard the value of human life.
- Rescue and medical efforts continue for survivors while search operations persist, underscoring urgent calls for stronger protection and safer migration pathways.
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UN launches a rescue operation after 8 migrants die off Djiboutian coast
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·Winnipeg, Canada
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Smugglers Attack Migrant Boat, Leaving Eight Dead, 22 Missing
Smugglers attacked a migrant boat last Thursday, forcing about 150 passengers to disembark far from the coast, leaving eight people dead and 22 missing, according to the United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The IOM on Wednesday stated that the migrants were left to swim for their lives, though the reason for the smugglers’ actions remains unclear. Smugglers attack migrant boat, leaving eight dead and 22 missing.Credit:…
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Global Diaspora NewsAt least eight drown in Red Sea as smugglers force migrants overboard
Survivors of a people-smuggling operation in the Red Sea have recounted how they were forced off their boat far from the coast of Djibouti and left to swim for their lives.
·New York, United States
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