Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Bodies of 60 migrants wash up on Yemen's shores

The bodies of 60 African migrants washed up on the shores of southern Yemen over three days, an international aid group said Monday

Migrants from two different groups managed to survive the journey but told the group Medecins Sans Frontieres how their fellow passengers died and eventually washed up on the beach, said the aid group, also known as Doctors without Borders.

After a harrowing two-day trip from the port city of Bosasso in Somalia, smugglers forced one group into the sea as they were approaching the shore because they spotted some lights that made them suspicious.

"Several people did not know how to swim and they drowned," the …

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