Migrant Boat Disaster Off Djibouti
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At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, have died and more than 116 are missing after a boat capsized while sailing from Djibouti to Yemen, a UN agency said on Sunday.
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Survivors said the vessel — which was carrying 350 people from Djibouti to Yemen — capsized north of the Djibouti town of Obock, according to a statement from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), whose teams are on the ground alongside local authorities to provide emergency aid.
“This tragedy is a stark reminder of the dangers faced by migrants along this migration corridor as they seek economic opportunities,” Coissac said.
The crossing from the Horn of Africa to Yemen via the Bab al-Mandeb strait is a popular but dangerous route for migrants seeking jobs and safety in Gulf countries.
More than 80 people survived the shipwreck, all Ethiopian nationals, the report said.
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'Our teams are on the ground alongside local authorities to provide emergency assistance,' said IOM Chief of Mission in Djibouti Alexandre Coissac.
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Djiboutian authorities are continuing search-and-rescue operations and local authorities are also providing medical care to survivors and arranging burials for the deceased.
Others have been buried by the migrants themselves but they will not be added to the official count until authorities can verify the bodies, Mr Coissac said.
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- 11 Oct
At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, have died and more than 116 are missing after a boat capsized while sailing from Djibouti to Yemen, a UN agency said on Sunday.
- 12 Oct
"No one gets into a boat like that unless they believe there is no other safe way," IOM Director General Amy Pope said in a statement.
Coverage 11 articles
12 Oct Children among at least 139 dead after migrant boat capsizes
The Independent
12 Oct ‘Started to sink backwards’: 139 migrants killed as boat capsizes off Djibouti
Times of India
12 Oct At least 139 migrants dead, 84 missing after overcrowded boat capsizes off Djibouti
Fox News
12 Oct At least 139 migrants dead, dozens missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti
South China Morning Post12 Oct At least 139 migrants dead after boat from Djibouti to Yemen capsizes
ABC News (AU)
11 Oct At least 139 migrants dead, including some children, after boat from Djibouti to Yemen capsizes, UN agency says
Dawn
11 Oct More than one hundred migrants are dead including 15 children after boat capsizes off Djibouti
Daily Mail
11 Oct Children among 109 dead after boat capsizes off Djibouti, UN says
BBC
11 Oct At least 109 dead, over 100 missing as migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti
Al Jazeera
11 Oct Children among 109 dead after migrant boat capsizes off Africa
The Independent
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