At least 109 migrants dead and more than 116 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti
At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, died and more than 116 are missing after a boat carrying about 350 people capsized while travelling from Djibouti to Yemen, the IOM said.
Guhere, Djibouti. At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, died and more than 116 are missing after a boat carrying about 350 people capsized while sailing from Djibouti to Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday.
Boat capsized overnight
The boat capsized near Guhere, north of Obock, a port town in Djibouti, during the night of 8–9 October, the IOM said, citing survivor accounts.
More than 80 survivors
More than 80 people survived the shipwreck, all of them Ethiopian nationals, according to the report.
A spokesperson for the Ethiopian government did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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