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Migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti in deadliest recorded shipwreck on the route

Continuing recovery and burials; provided medical care to survivors

The International Organization for Migration said on October 18 that 139 people died when the boat sank near Guhere, north of Obock, on the night of October 8. Another 84 are still missing, and about 82 survived, all Ethiopian nationals.

Updated Oct 20