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The Djibouti tragedy has occurred again as 16 people have lost their lives while 28 are still missing. The dangerous route of Djibouti coast has taken many lives with the recent one where 77 asylum seekers were on board before it capsised leaving 33 survivors. Just recently 38 people lost their lives while trying to elope from Ethiopia to the Middle East and then enter from Yemen to Saudi Arabia. This is unfortunate as people continue taking such huge risks traveling through such dangerous routes. Follow let me tell you the full story.
Another boat carrying more than 60 people sank off the coast of Godoria on April 8, according to the IOM and the Ethiopian embassy in Djibouti.
Each year, tens of thousands of African asylum seekers brave the “eastern route” across the Red Sea and through Yemen to try to reach Saudi Arabia, escape conflict or natural disaster, or seek better economic opportunities. On their journeys, many face life-threatening dangers including starvation, health risks, and exploitation – at the hands of human traffickers and other criminals,” the IOM said in a statement in February.
Africa’s second-most populous country, Ethiopia is blighted by various conflicts, and several regions have suffered from severe drought in recent years.
More than 15 percent of its 120 million inhabitants depend on food aid.
Data from the embassy show that more than 200,000 Ethiopian migrants make risky land and sea journeys from the coast of Djibouti and the Gulf of Aden each year to reach destinations in the Middle East. It said at least 189 Ethiopian nationals have died off the coast of Djibouti in the past five years.
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