At least nine people dead, dozens missing as boat sinks off Djibouti coast
Al Jazeera
Rescue operation recovers 266 survivors as UN warns deadliest season on the route is just beginning.
At least nine people have died, and 45 others are missing, after a boat carrying more than 300 migrants and refugees sank off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said.
The Djiboutian coastguard said on Thursday that it launched an emergency overnight operation after the vessel, a traditional galba-type boat packed with 320 people, went down near Guehere in the north of the country late on Tuesday.
Rescue teams were rapidly reinforced with additional personnel and diving units from the coastguard’s Search and Rescue Department, pulling 266 survivors from the water.
The IOM said all those rescued were Ethiopian nationals, who were receiving support at its Migrant Response Centre in the nearby town of Obock.
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