MIGRATION: The risks of rescue at sea

JOHANNESBURG, 5 December 2011 (IRIN) - Two years ago, Abdiselam Sheik Omar left his home town of Jijiga in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region and embarked on a journey he hoped would take him across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen and eventually to Saudi Arabia. “It’s easy to find work there,” he told IRIN. “The problem is crossing the sea.” Omar was well aware of the risks and hardships, having made the journey twice before. He knew that during the three- to

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