109 migrants, including 15 children dead after boat from Djibouti to Yemen capsizes, UN agency says
Search and rescue teams are still looking for 84 missing passengers as the IOM says the death toll rose after 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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Boat disaster off Djibouti leaves at least 139 dead, 84 missing
GENEVA —At least 139 people, including 15 children, have died and 84 are missing after a boat carrying more than 300 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in east Africa, according to the United Nations migration agency.In a statement on Sunday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) quoted survivors as saying that the incident happened near Guhere off Djibouti’s eastern coast in the Gulf of Aden near the Bab al-Mandeb strait f…
Geneva. At least 139 people, including children, died after a boat with 305 migrants on board overturned off the coast of Djibouti in eastern Africa, reported yesterday by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Of the 305 persons on board, only 82 were able to survive, all of whom were Ethiopian nationals.
The overcrowded boat capsized almost from its start, a few tens of meters from the Djibouti coast. It carried 305 people, 80 of whom were rescued.
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