Seventy Ethiopian migrants have drowned after their boat sank near the entrance to the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. The boat capsized in bad weather off the port city of Al-Makha.
It’s unclear when the boat sank. Thousands of people fleeing troubled countries in the Horn of Africa try to reach Yemen every year in the hope of making their way on to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.
Yemen is home to up to two million migrants, mostly illegals.
