'Hundreds died' off Yemen coast
BBC Afrique, UK - July 10, 2007
At least 367 people have died and 118 are missing after trying to reach Yemen from the Horn of Africa so far this year, the UN refugee agency says.
Most of those who died were forced off the boats by smugglers, drowning in deep waters, said the UNHCR.
Some 8,600 smuggled people have nevertheless arrived in Yemen this year - a 30% fall since 2006.
People are fleeing poverty and unrest, mostly in Somalia or Ethiopia, to seek a better life in the Middle East ...