Children among 139 dead after boat capsizes off Djibouti, UN says
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At least 139 migrants including 15 children died and dozens more are still missing after a boat sank off the coast of Djibouti, the UN’s migration office has said.
The boat had been travelling from Djibouti to Yemen with 305 people aboard when it capsized near the port town of Obock on Thursday night. Around 82 people were rescued, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
IOM’s Djibouti mission chief Alexandre Coissac called the tragedy a “stark reminder” of the dangers migrants face when seeking a new life elsewhere.