UN launches a rescue operation after 8 migrants die off Djiboutian coast

AP
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The UN migration agency said Wednesday that eight migrants died and 22 others were missing after they were forced off a boat near the Djiboutian coast.

The International Organization for Migration, or IOM, in a statement said the migrants were part of a group of 150 others who were forced by smugglers to disembark a boat and swim to shore on June 5.

The migrants were found in the desert by IOM patrol teams and taken to a migrant response center.

The IOM and authorities in Djibouti are continuing with a search and rescue operation to find the missing migrants.

“Every life lost at sea is a tragedy that should never…