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At least 139 migrants died, together with 15 kids, 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 folks, most of them Ethiopian, when it capsized north of the Djibouti city of Obock on the night time of October 8-9, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) stated in a press release.
“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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