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At least 139 migrants died, together with 15 youngsters, and 84 went missing when an overcrowded boat sank whereas heading from Djibouti to Yemen, a UN company stated Sunday.
The vessel was carrying 305 individuals, most of them Ethiopian, when it capsized north of the Djibouti city of Obock on the evening of October 8-9, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) stated in an announcement.
“Survivors told me that the boat started to sink backwards as soon as they got in it,” Alexandre Coissac, IOM chief of mission in Djibouti, advised AFP.
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