At Least 139 Migrants Die in Boat Capsize Off Djibouti
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At least 139 migrants, including 15 children, died after an overcrowded boat capsized off Djibouti while traveling to Yemen, the International Organization for Migration said Sunday. Another 84 people remained missing.
The vessel was carrying 305 people, most of them Ethiopian, when it sank near Guhere, north of the port town of Obock, during the night of October 8-9, according to the UN agency. About 82 people survived, all of them Ethiopian nationals.
Survivors said the boat began sinking from the rear soon after they boarded. Alexandre Coissac, the IOM’s chief of mission in Djibouti, said it sank close to shore, mainly because it was overcrowded. The agency warned that the death toll could rise as rescue work continued.
Djiboutian authorities were conducting search-and-rescue operations, providing medical care to survivors and arranging burials. The IOM said it was assisting 64 survivors at its Migrant Response Centre in Obock, where they were receiving medical treatment and psychological support.
The migrants were crossing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on the Eastern Route through Djibouti and Yemen, which is used by people from the Horn of Africa seeking work in Gulf countries. The IOM said migrants continue to make the journey despite violence and worsening conditions in Yemen and Ethiopia.
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