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TEHRAN, Jan 30 - More than 130 African refugees were missing off Djibouti after two overloaded boats capsized in rough seas on Tuesday, the United Nations migration agency said.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -The vessels were heading to Yemen, a gateway to Persian Gulf countries where many refugees hope to find jobs and better lives, said Joel Millman, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Alerted by local residents, a team of gendarmes found two survivors and the bodies of five refugees.
The boats were believed to have capsized off Godoria, in Djibouti's Obock region.
IOM staff identified an 18-year-old male survivor believed to have among 130 passengers on the first boat, but he had no information on the second craft, the IOM said.
(Source: AFP)
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