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UNHCR: Significant Increase in Deaths at Sea Off Yemen Coincides with Increasing Numbers of Migrants Reaching Yemen by Boat

by Paul V Dudman

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Excerpts from UNHCR press statement 17 Oct. 2104: "[T]here has been a sharp increase this year in the number of migrants and asylum-seekers losing their lives in attempts to get to Yemen, mainly from the Horn of Africa, with more deaths at sea in 2014 than in the last three years combined. One of the recent tragic incidents took place on 2 October when 64 migrants and three crew died when their vessel, sailing from Somalia, sank in the Gulf of Aden.

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Paul V Dudman | Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 5:40 pm | Categories: Refugee Archives | URL: http://wp.me/piBzM-26E

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