139 dead including children, 84 missing as migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti

12 Oct 2026, 07:35 by Abhilasha · KalingaTV

New-Delhi: In a tragic incident, at least 139 people, including 15 children, have died and 84 are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that survivors as saying that the incident happened near Guhere off Djibouti’s eastern coast in the Gulf of Aden near the Bab al-Mandeb strait from Thursday night to before dawn on Friday.

The boat was traveling from Djibouti to Yemen when it capsized on Thursday night or Friday morning, according to the IOM. More than 80 people survived, all of them Ethiopian nationals, it said.

The Djiboutian authorities are continuing search and rescue operations, the IOM said. Local officials are also treating survivors and arranging burials for the dead.

“Our teams are on the ground alongside local authorities to provide emergency assistance,” said Alexandre Coissac, the IOM’s chief of mission in Djibouti. “This tragedy is a stark reminder of the dangers faced by migrants along this migration corridor as they seek economic opportunities,” he said.

The Geneva-based UN migration agency said the vessel had 305 people on board and warned that the number of deaths could still rise.

139 dead including children, 84 missing as migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti

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