At least 139 migrants dead after a boat capsizes off Djibouti, UN says

Summary

A migrant boat carrying about 350 people capsized off Djibouti while sailing to Yemen, near the port town of Obock on Thursday night according to BBC News, leaving at least 109 dead, including children, The Independent, The Guardian and BBC News reported on Sunday 11 October. A United Nations agency reported 109 dead and 116 missing, according to Sky News, while The Guardian, citing a UN agency, said more than 116 others were still missing. Later on Sunday, Euronews reported at least 139 migrants dead, citing the UN, and said that according to the UN's IOM agency tens of thousands of migrants travel from the Horn of Africa through Djibouti each year as they look to cross the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Yemen and eventually reach the Gulf countries.

Latest: A migrant boat carrying about 350 people capsized off Djibouti on its way to Yemen, near the port town of Obock on Thursday night according to BBC News, leaving at least 109 dead including children, and at least 139 according to a later Euronews report citing the UN.

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