{
  "id": 13771895,
  "title": "At least 139 migrants dead, dozens missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/at-least-139-migrants-dead-dozens-missing-after-boat-capsizes-off",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T18:05:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/at-least-139-migrants-dead-dozens-missing-after-boat-capsizes-off-djibouti-coast"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "At least 139 migrants, including 15 children, died and 84 people went missing after an overcrowded boat capsized while traveling from Djibouti to Yemen. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that the vessel was carrying between 305 and 350 people when it sank north of the port town of Obock. While the IOM initially provided a toll of 109 dead and 116 missing, Channel News Asia reports the agency revised these figures to 139 dead and 84 missing following the recovery of more bodies.\n\nSurvivors of the incident are all Ethiopian nationals. According to PBS NewsHour, more than 80 people survived the wreck, and Adom Online reports that medical care is available to them. Alexandre Coissac, the IOM chief of mission in Djibouti, stated that the boat began to sink backwards as soon as people got in it and described the event as a devastating loss of life.\n\nIOM teams are working on the ground alongside Djiboutian authorities to provide emergency aid. Adom Online notes that local authorities are also arranging burials for the deceased.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Boat capsizes off Djibouti leaving 139 dead and scores missing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/boat-capsizes-off-djibouti-leaving-139-dead-and-scores-missing",
        "published": "2026-10-11T14:08:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}