In the Gulf of Aden, 30 African migrants and refugees drowned off Yemen. The Gulf of Aden separated Yemen a war-ravaged country from the Horn of Africa. The migrants and refugees drowned after their overcrowded vessel capsized. Somalis and Ethiopians were among the victims, who temporarily sought refuge in Yemen. On their way back to their home countries, they lost their life.
This is an example of immigrants returning home to their home countries. This shows that a good proportion of the immigrants are only seeking a temporary situation.
“These migrants, as far as we can tell, are folks who have been in limbo inside Yemen for some time,” said Joel A. Millman, a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration, a United Nations agency. “Because of the incredibly difficult conditions of Yemen, people get fed up.”
They are running from one bad situation to another. Most people are suck in war, famine, disease etc. Human nature is to either fight or flight. These people are choosing to run but they aren’t running to safety because that does not exist.
The boat was packed with at least 152 people. 51 Somalis and 101 Ethiopians who departed “Yemen’s Al Buraiqa coast for Djibouti, a tiny African nation across the Gulf of Aden”. The vessel was running by unethical and unmoral smugglers who attempted to take the refugees and migrants to Djibouti. This was done in addition to extorting money from the refugees and migrants. The boat overturned when gunfire was reported. Severally damaged by successive droughts, hunger and disease, the Horn of Africa is a major source of migration by people desperate for a better life.
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