"The road accident injured 65 people after the truck carrying migrants and asylum seekers overturned in town of Semera, according to local authorities. At least 22 people were killed, and 65 others were injured after a cargo truck packed with Ethiopian asylum seekers and migrants overturned on a highway. The road accident took place in Semera, in the country's northern Afar region, several hundred kilometres west of neighbouring Djibouti, local authorities reported on Tuesday."
"The accident happened when a truck overturned, which had crowded in citizens who were misled by illegal brokers and didn't understand the travel route's danger, the Afar communications bureau wrote in a statement on Facebook. The regional government has been doing all the necessary life-saving operations since the accident happened, and at the moment, it is making sure that the injured people get full medical attention at Doubtee Referral Hospital. The government wishes comfort and strength to the families of the deceased, relatives and friends."
Ethiopia's Semera saw a cargo truck carrying Ethiopian asylum seekers and migrants overturn, killing at least 22 and injuring 65. Many passengers were misled by illegal brokers and did not understand the travel route's dangers. Regional authorities conducted life-saving operations and arranged full medical care at Doubtee Referral Hospital for the injured. Ethiopia functions as a major departure point for the Eastern Route used by migrants leaving the Horn of Africa to seek work in Gulf nations. Between January and September 2025, the IOM documented 890 deaths and disappearances along the Eastern Route, with outgoing movements increasing by 24 percent.
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