At least 49 migrants dead, 140 missing off Yemen coast

At least 49 migrants died and 140 others were missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, the U.N. migration agency said on June 11.

The vessel, which departed from Somalia and was carrying 260 migrants, among them Somalis and Ethiopians, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) statement said. Earlier, a Yemeni official had given a toll of at least 38 dead.

The boat capsized on June 10 near Alghareef Point in Yemen's Shabwah governorate. Among the dead were 31 women and six children, IOM said.