100 Somalian smuggled migrants feared drowned

ABOUT 100 migrants from Somalia are missing and feared drowned in the treacherous waters off the coast of Yemen after smugglers forced them overboard, Yemeni officials and the UN refugee agency said yesterday.

By last night 30 bodies had been found washed up on the shore of the Gulf of Adenand and were buried immediately, a Yemeni security official said.

The waters off the Horn of Africa and Yemen have become some of the most lawless in the world, plagued by Somali piracy — notably the recent hijacking of a Ukrainian vessel with a cargo of heavy weapons.