At least 109 migrants dead, more than 100 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti

France 2411 October 2026, 09:24 UTCDjibouti

At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, died and 116 went missing after a boat carrying 350 people capsized off Djibouti en route to Yemen, the International Organisation for Migration said on Sunday.

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