More Than 100 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Djibouti
A boat carrying migrants capsized near Djibouti, leaving more than 100 people dead. The International Organization for Migration called it one of the deadliest shipwrecks ever recorded on the route to Yemen.
A boat carrying migrants has capsized near Djibouti, in East Africa, and more than 100 people have died, The New York Times reported. The figures were attributed to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations agency that deals with migration.
The IOM said the shipwreck is among the deadliest ever recorded on the route to Yemen, which migrants from Africa use to try to reach that country.
Dead and missing
The toll may still rise: dozens of people remain missing. Among the victims recovered so far are the bodies of 15 children.
The information available from the source is brief. It does not say exactly when the boat went down, what caused it, how many people were on board in total, or where they came from. Those details are not yet known, and the story will be updated once further confirmed facts emerge.
