Death toll rises after shipwreck off Yemen

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At least 49 people – including several children and women – have died when a boat with migrants has sunk in the sea off Yemen, according to the UN migration agency IOM.

“At least 49 migrants have died and 140 are still missing after a boat capsized,” the IOM said in a statement.

There are said to have been 260 people on board the boat, most of whom were Somali or Ethiopian citizens.

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