At Least 139 Migrants Dead, 84 Missing After Overcrowded Boat Sinks Near Djibouti

A UN agency reported on Sunday that at least 139 migrants, including 15 children, perished and 84 are unaccounted for after a boat carrying 305 people, mostly from Ethiopia, capsized while heading from Djibouti to Yemen.

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Based on reporting by South China Morning Post:

According to a UN agency, at least 139 migrants died, including 15 children, and 84 people went missing when an overcrowded vessel sank while making a journey from Djibouti to Yemen on Sunday.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) stated in a release that the boat was transporting 305 individuals, the majority of whom were Ethiopian, when it overturned north of the Djibouti town of Obock during the night of October 8-9.

Alexandre Coissac, the IOM chief of mission in Djibouti, mentioned that survivors reported the boat began to sink backward immediately after they boarded it. Coissac also commented in the statement that the incident represented a devastating loss of life.

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