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More than 100 people missing after being forced off boats in Djibouti



Nearly 50 people dead and 108 unaccounted for after smugglers apparently force passangers into the waterMore than 100 people are still missing after smugglers apparently forced migrants to leave their boats and swim in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration has said.Forty-eight people have so far been confirmed dead after the incident on Monday, which involved two boats that had left Yemen for Djibouti with a total of 310 people onboard, said Frantz Celestin, a regional director at the UN agency. “Unfortunately, we have yet to account for about 108 of the migrants,” he said. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/04/scores-missing-after-being-forced-out-of-boats-off-djibouti-coast

Author : Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi

Publish date : 2024-10-04 17:40:24

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