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The search for survivors continued Wednesday (30) off the coast of Djibouti, a day after the sinking of two migrant ships that left at least 43 dead and dozens missing.
Lalini Veerbadamy, who heads the mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Djibouti, told AFP this week that there had been 43 casualties.
The sinking took place on Tuesday, 30 minutes after overcrowded boats crossed the rough sea from Godoria northeast of Djibouti to Yemen, IOM announced.
Two survivors were found shortly after the sinking and some were taken to an IOM-managed migrant center in the town of Obock, south of Godoria.
The number of people aboard the ship remains unknown.
One of the survivors said that there were 130 people aboard his boat, but he did not know how many people were aboard the other boat.
Djibouti, bordering Somalia and Ethiopia, separated from Yemen by the Bab el Mandeb Strait, has in recent years become a transit country for migrants seeking work in the Arabian Peninsula.
Refugees leaving Yemen are also trying to cross the strait in the opposite direction.
Last year, at least 30 Somali and Ethiopian migrants heading for Djibouti drowned when their boat sank off the coast of Yemen.
In August 2017, dozens of migrants from Somalia and Ethiopia, embarked on two ships to Yemen, were killed by traffickers.
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