Boat capsizes off Djibouti killing 109 migrants with 116 missing

At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, died and about 116 remained missing after a boat sank off Djibouti overnight on October 8-9, according to the UN.

The vessel was carrying 350 people from Djibouti to Yemen when it capsized north of the town of Obock.

The International Organization for Migration deployed teams on the ground with local authorities to provide emergency aid to survivors.