IMO: Human smugglers forced 180 migrants to jump into the sea

GENEVA - 10 August 2017: The International Migration Organization announced that human smugglers forced about 180 Somali and Ethiopian migrants to jump into the sea water near Yemen costs.

The incident came one day after the smugglers have forced 120 migrants to jump into the sea before the Yemeni coast of Shabwa that led to the drowning of about 50 migrants, IMO said.

The organization said yesterday that the smugglers forced the migrants to jump into the sea water after they saw the authorities.

The survivors reported the accident, meanwhile the IMO team found 29 bodies in addition to 22 still missing.

The organization said yesterday's survivors who received assistance were 27 in addition to 42 have left the shore.