11/6/2025–|Last update: 23:22 (Mecca time)
The International Organization for Migration announced today, Wednesday, that at least eight people died and 22 missing in the sea, and called for the strengthening of mechanisms for protecting migrants along the way of immigration between the Horn of Africa and Yemen.
Smugglers on board were arrested on board about 150 people at sea on June 5, and forced passengers to go away from the coast and swimming in the open waters to survive their lives, according to the testimonies of survivors.
Silstin Franz, the regional director of the International Migration Organization in the east, said she said And South Africa And the African century The organization is doing everything in its power to support the survivors and prevent more loss of life along the way it described as “deadly”.
“Every life lost in the sea a tragedy that should never happen,” Franz added, and stressed that these young people were forced to “impossible options by smugglers who are not indifferent to human life.”
The International Organization for Migration reported that its teams are on the ground to help in search and rescue operations and provide the survival of the survivors, in coordination with the national authorities.
She explained that many survivors in the desert were found in the days after the incident and were rescued by the mobile patrols of the organization, and confirmed that they are currently receiving urgent medical care in a local hospital and psychological and social support at the response center of its migrants in Oppok.
She also indicated that the search and rescue operations supported by the International Organization for Migration and Djibouti authorities have succeeded in recovering five bodies of the sea near Malhouli, as he feared the high number of search efforts.
Thousands of migrants risk their lives from the Horn of Africa along this risk road in the hope of reaching the Gulf states, as the International Organization for Migration said that this last tragedy is part of a series of deadly marine incidents off the coast of Djibouti.
The International Organization for Migration considered that this reality confirms the urgent need for “stronger protection mechanisms for migrants along the way of immigration between the Horn of Africa Wolsront“.
The International Organization for Migration also called for increasing international support in response to this growing crisis to enhance search and rescue operations and expand the scope of access to safe immigration paths.