The search for those missing after Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank a ship in the Red Sea has ended as at least four people are presumed dead and 11 others remain unaccounted for.

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said eight Filipino seafarers who were crew members of the M/V Eternity C which was hit by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea have safely arrived in Saudi Arabia.

The search operation for missing crew members of the ship Eternity C, which was sunk by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, has officially ended. At least four people are now presumed dead, while 11 others remain unaccounted for,