Forced into the sea 55 die in second migrant atrocity

Fifty-five young Ethiopian and Somali migrants were feared drowned after 180 were forced from a boat into rough seas off Yemen by people smugglers yesterday.

It was the second such incident in as many days. On Wednesday, 50 teenagers drowned when a smuggler forced 120 passengers off his boat in what is feared to be a new trend in the exploitation of African refugees.