Migrants beaten to death on ships to Yemen - U.N.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Dozens of African migrants crossing the Gulf of Aden to Yemen died this month, many after smugglers beat them and threw them overboard, sometimes just for requesting water, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. 

Ron Redmond, spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said 35 people had died making the perilous journey in overcrowded boats since the beginning of September, and 53 have been reported missing.