Yemen Migrant Boat Disaster Kills 68, 74 Missing

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Above: Yemenis look for survivors after a boat carrying migrants capsized on June 11, 2024 in Yemen's Shabwah province. Image copyright: AFP/Getty Images

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The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

Increased maritime patrols have successfully reduced migrant arrivals by over 30%, demonstrating that stronger enforcement can effectively deter dangerous crossings. Enhanced regional cooperation and border security measures are working to prevent these deadly voyages, and therefore, tragic incidents like this, before they begin.

DTM Yemen Monitor

Establishment-critical narrative

Rather than treating the migration symptoms caused by record global instability, governments need either to pursue coordinated intervention in areas with high rates of displacement to make them safer, or accept that desperate people will always take risks to improve their lives and open up more legal migration routes.

Arab News Mixed Migration Centre