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. “Survivors told me that the boat started to sink backwards as soon as they got in it,” Alexandre Coissac, IOM chief of...
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At least 139 migrants dead, dozens missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti
At least 139 migrants, including 15 children, died and 84 are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti. The vessel was en route from Djibouti to Yemen carrying 305 people, predominantly Ethiopian.
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At least 139 migrants, including 15 children, died and 84 are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti. The vessel was en route from Djibouti to Yemen carrying 305 people, predominantly Ethiopian. The incident occurred on the night of October 8-9, north of Obock. Survivors reported that the boat began sinking immediately after departure. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) released this information on Sunday.
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Survivors reported the boat began sinking backwards as soon as people boarded.
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The vessel was heading from Djibouti to Yemen when it capsized.
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The overcrowded boat was carrying 305 people, most of them Ethiopian.
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84 migrants are missing after the boat capsized.
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At least 139 migrants died, including 15 children, when a boat sank off Djibouti.
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