The trip across the Gulf of Aden is the first leg of one of the world’s riskiest — and busiest — migration and smuggling routes.

The death toll from a migrant boat disaster off Yemen has climbed to 96, underscoring the growing human cost of perilous journeys across the Red Sea.

At least 76 Ethiopian migrants died in a boat tragedy off Yemen’s coast, highlighting the deadly risks of the Eastern Route to Gulf states and others.