Four Somalis prepare to leave Boroma, a transit point for flight to Yemen.

Men fleeing Somalia try to free their vehicle from mud after a heavy rainfall. 

Somalis en route to Yemen try to repair their vehicle after trudging through muddy roads and rain in the dark.

Lightning illuminates the sky as migrants en route to Yemen walk along the countryside, after their car breaks down in northern Somaliland. 

Exhausted men sleep in the desert after traveling all night on muddy roads and in pouring rain. 

People fleeing Somalia cross a road that has been flooded during heavy rains. 

Fleeing Somalis rest near a safe-house before illegally crossing the border into Djibouti. 

Fleeing Somalis rest near a safe-house before illegally crossing the border into Djibouti. 

Having reached Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, migrants trek across the desert to the port of Obock to find a boat to smuggle them into Yemen.

Refugees crowd onto a beach late at night to board an illegal boat that they hope will carry them across the Gulf of Aden. 

People wade out to a boat that they hope will carry them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen. The boat broke down halfway across, forcing occupants to return to Djibouti, where they were arrested.

Refugees ride crammed into a tiny boat, heading illegally to Yemen. The boat broke down halfway across the Gulf of Aden, forcing the occupants to return to Djibouti, where they were arrested shortly after landing. 

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