The boats were carrying migrants from a Horn of Africa country and capsized off Yemen's Dhubab district in Ta'iz governorate, IOM said. "Despite weather warnings, the boats sank in rough seas.

Two boats carrying over 180 migrants capsized off the coast of Yemen’s Dhubab district in Ta’iz Governorate on Thursday, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s field reports.

Over the past decade, at least 2,082 migrants have disappeared along the same route, including 693 known to have drowned, according to the International Organization for Migration. Some 380,000 migrants are currently in Yemen.