A migrant boat capsized off the coast of war-torn Yemen, leaving dozens of peo꧙ple, mostly from the Horn of Africa, missing, Yemeni officials said Monday.
Khalid al-Subeihi, an officia🎉l with the Yemeni coast guard in the coastal city of Mocha, said the boat with 75 migrants on board capsized Su♛nday.
He told The Associated Press that 26 peop💜le survived but at least 49 others𝓀 remain missing.
Another coast guard official, Lt. Co. Olwan al-Qameri, said the s༺earch was still underway Monday.
Citing an unnamed coast guard official, Yemen's state-run SABA news agency reported that the 𒅌boat capsized due to strong winds and that all those on board — including women and children — fell into the water.
The shipwreck was the latest sea disaster involving African migꦫrants see🗹king a better life in oil-rich Gulf countries.
Thousands of people each year seek to make the perilous voyage from Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia to Yemen and on to richer G🍨ulf countries as they flee pov𝔍erty and insecurity in search of work.
