According to witnesses, the boat left Obock in Djibouti to cross the Bab-Al Mandab straight bound for a prominent landing point in Yemen in the middle of the night with at least 30 people on board. The overcrowded boat could not withstand the high tides and rocky waters and eventually sank.
Nearly 54,000 migrants have departed on the Eastern Corridor route that spans from the Horn of Africa to countries in the Gulf since the beginning of 2022, according to IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix.
Migrants take arduous journeys facilitated by smugglers, who subject them to dangers including boat journeys on overcrowded and unseaworthy vessels as well as exploitation, abuse, and violence.
Source: IOM
