Alexandre Coissac

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Migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti in deadliest recorded shipwreck on the route

Leading IOM's emergency response to the shipwreck

A boat carrying more than 300 people left Djibouti for Yemen on the night of October 8 and capsized near Guhere, north of the port town of Obock. At least 109 migrants died, including 15 children; 116 more remain missing. More than 80 people survived, all of them Ethiopian nationals.

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