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Djibouti migrant boat capsizing October 2026
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FIRST ENTRY OCT 11
OCT 11 · Day 1
At least 109 dead, over 100 missing as migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti
The boat capsized near the port town of Obock on Thursday night.
The bodies recovered included 52 men, 42 women, nine girls and six boys.
IOM is providing assistance to 64 of the survivors at its response centre in Obock.
“Our thoughts are with the survivors and the families who have lost loved ones or remain without news of their relatives,”
ALEXANDRE COISSAC
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