Forty-nine die after migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, IOM says

The search continues for 140 people who are still missing, according to the International Organization for Migration.

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Among the dead were six children and 31 women. Survivors told rescuers that the vessel, carrying 260 migrants, sank on Monday in strong winds.

The search continues for 140 people who are still missing.

The boat left Somalia at 03:00 (01:00 BST) on Sunday carrying 115 Somali nationals and 145 Ethiopians, part of a recent rise in migration from the Horn of Africa to Yemen, according to the IOM.

Local authorities in Rudum, east of Aden, said that those on board were migrants who use Yemen as a transit point to reach Gulf states.

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