A Yemeni source at the UN agency the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that two bodies, which were initially buried by local fishermen after they washed up on the beach and began rotting, had been recovered. Earlier, a Yemeni security source and a local official in Abyan said 94 bodies had been recovered and most of them had been buried, with the local official saying bodies of the deceased were still washing up on the shore. Despite the civil war ongoing in Yemen since 2014, the country has remained a highly frequented transit point for undocumented migration, in particular from Ethiopia which itself has been roiled by conflict.
Author: AFP
Published at: 2025-08-05 21:39:18
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