DUBAI: A boat carrying more than 200 migrants sank off Yemen, leaving at least 39 dead in the latest disaster on the perilous migration route from Africa, a UN agency said Tuesday. “Tragic incident off #Yemen coast: Boat with 260 migrants sank yesterday. 39 dead, 150 missing, 71 survivors,” the International Organisation for Migration said on X, referring to Monday’s sinking. The post did not specify the migrants’ nationalities.

 

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