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Migrants found dead off Yemen's Red Sea coast after boat capsizes

The bodies were found near Ras Al-Ara, a coastal village in the southern Yemeni province that's known as a smuggling hub.
An undated picture shows Yemeni coast guards checking a small boat with refugees arriving from Somalia to the Yemeni port city Aden.

At least 25 migrants were found dead off Yemen’s Red Sea coast after a ship carrying some 200 people from Djibouti capsized in the turbulent waters, UN and local officials said Monday.

Fishermen told Agence France-Presse the bodies were found near the shores of Ras Al-Ara, a coastal village in the southern Yemeni province of Lahij that monitoring groups describe as a hotspot for human smuggling.

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