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At least 139 migrants died, including 15 children and 84 went missing when an overcrowded boat sank on its way from Djibouti to Yemen on the night between October 8 and 9. The International Organization for Migration said most of the people were Ethiopian when the vessel capsized off north of the town of Obock. Details by Morgan Ayre.
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. โSurvivors told me that the boat started to sink backwards as soon as they got in it,โ Alexandre Coissac, IOM chief of...
The boat was travelling from Djibouti to Yemen with 350 people on board, when it capsized near the port town of Obock on Thursday night.