38 migrants die after boat capsizes off Yemen coast

Thirty-eight migrants died after a boat carrying African migrants sank off the coast of Yemen.

Yemeni officials said the migrant boat sank before it reached the coast of Shabwa governorate, east of Aden.

The news agency reported that Fishermen and locals saved 78 migrants from drowning, while another 100 people on board were lost at sea.

Local officials said the search for other drowning victims was still ongoing. still continuing And the United Nations has been notified of the incident.

According to the United Nations Last year, 97,000 refugees from Africa arrived in Yemen.