イェメン沖：違法移民船沈没、49名以上死亡

　イェメン沖、もうすぐ到着するというところで260名ほど乗った船が沈没。140名が行方不明。生存者は71名確認できた模様。ざっと190名近くが…まあ…。

BBC Forty-nine die after boat capsizes off Yemen - IOM 2 hours ago
By Youssef Taha

　京風にあおられてのこと。移民船の乗客たちの国籍はおおむねエチオピア。イェメンをトランジットポイントにして湾岸諸国に移動しようとしたもの。

「At least 49 people from the Horn of Africa have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Survivors have 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 IOM said it was providing aid to 71 survivors, eight of whom were referred to hospital.

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

「According to the UN, 97,000 migrants arrived in Yemen from the Horn of Africa last year.」

　昨年、この「アフリカの角」地域からざっと97000名ほどがイェメンに到達したのだという。
　…ちょっとした人数よねえ…この民族大移動の結果がどうなるか、だいぶ問題。