Djibouti: At Least Eight Die in Red Sea Tragedy As Smugglers Force Migrants Overboard

Survivors of a people-smuggling operation gone wrong in the Red Sea have recounted how they were forced off their boat far from the coast of Djibouti and left to swim for their lives.

At least eight people are feared dead and 22 others are missing after smugglers stopped a boat carrying around 150 passengers likely bound for Yemen on 5 June.

“These young people were forced into impossible choices by smugglers who show no regard for human life,” said Celestine Frantz, the UN migration agency’s…