Scores dead as boat carrying more than 150 people capsizes off Yemen
Ayla Bonfiglio of the Mixed Migration Centre research and policy organisation told Agence France-Presse: “This route is predominantly controlled by smugglers and human-trafficking networks … Refugees and migrants have no other alternative but to hire their services.
“Migrants are well aware of the risks, but with no legal pathways and families relying on remittances from Saudi Arabia or the Emirates, many feel they have no choice.”
