(Adnkronos) – The death toll from the migrant boat shipwreck off the coast of Abyan in southern Yemen has risen to 76. Yemeni security officials told AFP, explaining that dozens of people are still missing and 32 have been rescued. The UN migration agency, IOM, said there were 157 people on board the wrecked boat.
Some of those rescued were transferred to Aden, Yemen, near Abyan, a security official said.