At least 139 migrants dead, including some children, after boat from Djibouti to Yemen capsizes, UN agency says

More than 3,700 people have fled Yemen by sea to Djibouti ​as of last week, it said.

IOM has described the crisis sparked by the fighting in ​Yemen as alarming, with displacement figures surging to 200,000 from 76,000 in mid-September, according to data released by the agency last week.

The migrants were heading to Yemen, with the hope of eventually making it to wealthier Gulf nations, even as Yemeni nationals themselves flee their country, which is experiencing the most serious escalation in fighting between Saudi ​Arabia-backed government forces and the Iran-backed Houthis since a UN-brokered truce in 2022.