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68 African immigrants were killed on Yemeni ships – UN says

The UN immigration agency said at least 68 African migrants died, and another 74 were missing after capsized in waters near Yemen.

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Abdusattor Esoev, head of the Yemen International Organization for Migration, told the Associated Press that the ship was tilted along with 154 Ethiopian immigrants.
He said twelve immigrants survived the wreck, adding that the bodies of 54 immigrants in the Khanfa area were washed ashore, and another 14 were found dead, died at another location and taken to the morgue in the hospital.
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