At least 13 people have died and 14 others are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen on Tuesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday.
The migrant boat, carrying 25 Ethiopians and two Yemenis, was sailing off the coast of Taiz governorate in southwestern Yemen, the IOM said.
The bodies of the deceased, 11 men and two women, were recovered along the coast of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, one of the most important maritime routes in the world for the international transport of goods.
Search operations were continuing in hopes of locating those still missing, including the Yemeni captain and his assistant, the report said, adding that it was not clear what had caused the ship to sink.
In July, a boat carrying at least 45 refugees capsized off the coast of Taiz, Yemen, leaving only four survivors.
IOM, which tracks migrants who die or go missing on migration routes, has recorded 2,082 migrant deaths and disappearances along the route from East Africa and the Horn of Africa to the Gulf countries since 2014.
