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“Buried With No Names”: At Least 139 Migrants, Including 15 Children, Die as Overcrowded Boat Sinks Off Djibouti; 84 Missing

The vessel, carrying 305 people toward Yemen, capsized near Guhere, north of Obock. Fifteen children are among the dead, every survivor is Ethiopian, and the U.N. migration agency says the toll will rise because migrants buried some victims themselves.

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The coastal town of Obock, Djibouti
Obock, on Djibouti's northern coast, photographed in 2012. (File photo)vxr7475 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

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