{"id":246083,"date":"2024-11-05T15:23:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/at-least-25-dead-after-boat-deliberately-capsized-by-traffickers-says-un-migration-agency\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T15:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:23:13","slug":"at-least-25-dead-after-boat-deliberately-capsized-by-traffickers-says-un-migration-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/at-least-25-dead-after-boat-deliberately-capsized-by-traffickers-says-un-migration-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 25 dead after boat \u2018deliberately capsized by traffickers,\u2019 says UN migration agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/962\/96238373.295.jpg\" alt=\"At least 25 dead after boat \u2018deliberately capsized by traffickers near the Comoros Island\" title=\"At least 25 dead after boat \u2018deliberately capsized by traffickers near the Comoros Island\" width=\"295\" height=\"145\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>At least 25 dead after boat \u2018deliberately capsized by traffickers near the Comoros Island<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">At least 25 people, including several children, died after their boat was \u201cdeliberately capsized by traffickers\u201d near the Comoros Islands, the local office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIOM Comoros is saddened to hear about the deaths of at least 25 people after their boat was deliberately capsized by traffickers off Comoros Islands, between Anjouan and Mayotte on Friday night,\u201d the UN body said in a press release.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe boat was carrying around 30 people from different countries including seven women and four children, IOM said citing five survivors who were rescued by fishermen Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>IOM said it follows two similar incidents in the same area within the last three months: one in September, when \u201ca boat with 12 people on board including two children and an expectant mother left the coast of Anjouan and never reached Mayotte,\u201d and another in August, when eight people \u2013 including a 12-year-old boy \u2013 died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThousands of people have died on this migration route in an attempt to reach the disputed island of Mayotte, (an) island of the archipelago of Comoros and a French d\u00e9partement since 2011,\u201d said IOM.<\/p>\n<p>The agency emphasized \u201cthe importance of establishing safe and legal pathways for migration\u201d to prevent such tragedies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 25 dead after boat \u2018deliberately capsized by traffickers near the Comoros Island At least 25 people, including several children, died after their boat was \u201cdeliberately capsized by traffickers\u201d near the Comoros Islands, the local office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday. \u201cIOM Comoros is saddened to hear about the deaths [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":246084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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