Yemen's Interior Ministry says 45 Somali migrants drowned when their boat capsized off the Yemeni coast Saturday. The ministry says three crew-members, who were arrested, told authorities the boat capsized some 110 kilometres off the coast as they were making their way to Yemen. Hundreds of Africans die every year trying to reach Yemen, with many drowning or being attacked by pirates and smugglers in the dangerous waters separating Somalia and the Arabian Peninsula. The United Nations refugee agency says more than 43,500 migrants - mostly Somalis - arrived in Yemen illegally by boat in 2008.