Dozens of Ethiopian and Somali migrants have died in the waters off the breakaway Somalia region of Somaliland after their vessel failed mechanically.
Ahmed Abdi Falay, the chairman or governor of Sanag region, said the boat, which started its journey from the port of Bossaso two weeks ago and was heading to an unidentified port in the Arabian Peninsula, was discovered by the Somaliland Coast Guard.
Likely headed to the garden spot of Yemen...
‘They climbed into the boat and were shocked to find the dead bodies of 10 people and 72 others who were in different stages of suffering, some of them in serious condition,’ he said from the port city of Maydh on Friday.
‘The Coast Guard brought the 72 survivors and the bodies of the dead people ashore. The wounded are being treated and the dead are being buried.’
Another 96 bodies, from the same vessel, were discovered ashore by locals on Friday having been washed in with the tide, Falay added. Some three members of the crew of the stricken vessel were arrested as they tried to flee into nearby mountains and they will be vigorously questioned by authorities, the official said.
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Costa Rican police on Friday arrested five Somali migrants hidden in the back of a private ambulance stopped on the border with Nicaragua, authorities said.
Boy howdy that's a long ways from Yemen...
The vehicle was being driven by two Costa Ricans who were not paramedics and who had no license to drive an ambulance, the public security ministry said in a statement. They, too, were arrested.
Police stopped and searched the ambulance just after dawn in the town of Peñas Blancas de la Cruz, on the border. The Africans were found to have entered Costa Rica illegally.
How does a Somali enter Costa Rica legally?
Central America is a major waypoint for undocumented migrants trying to enter the United States. Not only migrants from Latin America pass through the isthmus but also ones from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
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"See the green drool? He's sick"
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Yeah, Frank, he pigged out on pistachios. That'll make anybody sick!
Haul 'em to the coast, shoot 'em in the chest, and dump 'em in the water. Sharks gotta eat. . .
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Dozens of Ethiopian and Somali migrants have died in the waters off the breakaway Somalia region of Somaliland after their vessel failed mechanically.
