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Only four survivors have been found after a boat carrying 45 refugees and migrants capsized off the coast of Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday. The boat capsized near the south-western city of Taiz on Wednesday night “due to strong winds and overloading,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Yemen wrote on X. “Only 4 survivors found. This highlights the perilous journeys between Yemen & Africa,” it added. The UNHCR said it was working with the International Organization for Migration and other partners to assist the survivors. Each year, t…

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