Summary
- Rescue workers are searching for 75 people missing after migrants were forced to swim in the open sea off Djibouti’s coast.
- Two boats carrying 320 people from Yemen were involved in the incident.
- With 48 confirmed dead, this is the second deadliest disaster on this route in 2024, making it the deadliest year on record.
- The Eastern Route towards Gulf countries through Yemen is described as one of the busiest and most dangerous migration routes in the world.