At least 76 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen in the latest tragedy on the perilous sea route, officials said.

At least 76 people were killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen.

“Deeply saddened by the devastating loss of life resulting from the shipwreck off the coast of Yemen, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV commends the many migrants who have died to the loving mercy of almighty God,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, wrote in a telegram published by the Vatican Aug. 4.