109 migrants, including 15 children dead after boat from Djibouti to Yemen capsizes, UN agency says
The IOM said overcrowding caused the vessel to sink, and crews are still searching for 84 people as more bodies were recovered.
- A vessel carrying 350 migrants capsized off Obock, Djibouti, during the night of Oct 8-9, killing at least 109 people, including 15 children, and leaving more than 116 missing, the International Organization for Migration said.
- Migrants frequently traverse the Gulf from Djibouti toward Yemen, hoping to reach Gulf countries; this maritime corridor remains perilous due to regional instability and dangerous sea conditions.
- Djiboutian authorities are continuing search and rescue operations for the remaining missing individuals, with humanitarian teams providing emergency aid near Obock.
- More than 80 survivors are Ethiopian nationals; the Obock Migrant Response Centre is assisting 64 of them following the shipwreck.
- The Missing Migrants Project reports this route remains dangerous, with more than 900 migrants dying or going missing along the path in 2025.
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139 migrants die after boat from Djibouti to Yemen capsizes
DJIBOUTI - At least 139 migrants, including at least 15 children, have died and around 84 are missing after a boat carrying more than 300 people capsized while sailing from Djibouti to Yemen, the United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday.
At least 139 migrants dead, dozens missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti
At least 139 migrants died, including 15 children, and 84 went missing when an overcrowded boat sank while heading from Djibouti to Yemen, a UN agency said on Sunday. The vessel was carrying 305 people, most of them Ethiopian, when it capsized north of the Djibouti town of Obock on the night of October 8-9, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement. “Survivors told me that the boat started to sink backwards as soon a…
The boat was overrun on one of the most dangerous migratory routes in the world
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