139 migrants, including children, die after boat capsizes off Djibouti
GENEVA — At least 139 people, including children, have died after a boat carrying more than 300 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in east Africa, the International Organization for Migration said Sunday. That number only includes those buried by authorities in Djibouti. Others have been buried by the migrants themselves but they won't be added to the official count until authorities can…
In a tragic incident off the coast of Djibouti in East Africa, a boat carrying over 300 migrants capsized, resulting in at least 139 fatalities, including children, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The dead have been buried by authorities, but the IOM's Coissac stated that many bodies have been laid to rest by the migrants themselves, preventing the official count from being completed until authorities can confirm the identities.
The chilling aspect is that the migrants were interred without names in a mass grave, similar to a war scenario, as Coissac lamented. The migrants had embarked on their journey from the shore in the evening of October 8, and the boat sank rapidly nearby, primarily due to overcrowding. Local authorities tried their best, but were overwhelmed by the sheer number of bodies arriving simultaneously on the shore. Survivors were subsequently taken to the IOM rescue center in Obo, Djibouti.
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