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Over 100 migrants dead and 116 missing after vessel capsizes off Djibouti
At least 109 migrants died and 116 are missing after a boat carrying 350 people capsized off the coast north of Obock, Djibouti, while traveling to Yemen. Survivors reported the vessel overturned during the passage. The total number of survivors and the identities of all those aboard have not been fully confirmed.
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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
16 differing positions reported on casualties across 32 publishers; unresolved.
- thehindu109 migrants killed, 116 missing
- franceAt least 109 migrants dead, more than 100 missing
- arabnews109 migrants dead, 116 missing
- telegramAt least 109 migrants, including 15 children, died and over 116 remain missing
- bluesky109 people have died and 116 are missing
- almashhadوفاة وفقدان 250 مهاجرا
- deutscheover 200 people dead or missing
- yenialanya15'i çocuk 109 ölü
- aljazeeraAt least 109 dead
- rfiau moins 109 migrants morts et 116 autres portés disparus
- bbc109 dead
- theinsБолее 100 мигрантов погибли, еще 116 пропали без вести
- saharamediasوفاة 139 مهاجرا وفقدان 116
- jpost109 migrants, including 15 children dead
- thenationalnews139 dead
- dawn139 migrants dead
- afintl۱۰۹ پناهجو
- diken139 kişi
- express139 migrants, including 15 children dead
- hiiraan139 dead
- reliefweb109 Including 15 Children Dead, Over 116 Missing
- rapplerAt least 139 migrants dead
- prothomalo139 migrants dead
- jeuneafrique139 morts
- tribuneonline139 migrants die
- sahel-intelligence139 migrants décédés
- anadolu109 migrants tués
- dailytrustMutum 139
- rtOver 130 migrants killed
- seneweb109 migrants morts
- taipeitimeskilling 139 migrants
- cgtn139 migrants dead, 84 missing
9 differing positions reported on attribution across 19 publishers; unresolved.
- thehinduUN
- senewebONU
- arabnewsUN
- telegramInternational
- blueskyThe UN's International Organization for Migration
- deutscheUN
- bbcUN
- jpostUN
- dawnUN agency
- dikenBM
- expressUN agency says
- hiiraanUN
- reliefwebUN Migration
- rapplerUN agency
- almashhadمنظمة الهجرة الدولية
- prothomaloUN agency
- jeuneafriquel’UA
- sahel-intelligencel’OIM
- rtUN
5 differing positions reported on location across 32 publishers; unresolved.
- thehinduDjibouti
- franceoff Djibouti
- senewebau large de Djibouti
- arabnewsDjibouti
- telegramoff Djibouti
- blueskyBab el-Mandeb Strait
- almashhadمن جيبوتي إلى اليمن
- deutscheDjibouti
- aljazeeraDjibouti
- rfiau large de Djibouti
- bbcDjibouti
- folhaDjibuti
- theinsу берегов Джибути
- saharamediasجيبوتي
- jpostDjibouti to Yemen
- thenationalnewsDjibouti
- dawnDjibouti to Yemen
- afintlشرق افریقا
- dikenCibuti'de
- expressDjibouti to Yemen
- hiiraanDjibouti
- reliefwebDjibouti
- rapplerDjibouti to Yemen
- prothomaloDjibouti to Yemen
- jeuneafriqueau large de Djibouti
- tribuneonlineDjibouti
- sahel-intelligenceDjibouti
- anadoluDjibouti
- dailytrustDjibouti
- rtoff African coast
- taipeitimesoff Djibouti
- cgtnoff Djibouti
5 differing positions reported on timing across 5 publishers; unresolved.
- telegramOctober 8–9
- blueskytwo nights ago
- almashhadخلال العام الجاري
- yenialanyaSon Dakika!
- dawnAt least
2 differing positions reported on status across 33 publishers; unresolved.
- thehindukilled
- francedead
- senewebNaufrage
- arabnewsdead
- telegramdied
- blueskysaid
- almashhadوفاة وفقدان
- deutschereporting
- yenialanyabattı
- aljazeeracapsizes
- rfiNaufrage
- bbcdead
- folhamata
- theinsпогибли
- saharamediasوفاة
- jpostcapsizes
- thenationalnewscapsizes
- dawncapsizes
- afintlجان باختند
- dikenöldü
- expressdead
- hiiraandead
- reliefwebDeadliest Shipwreck
- rapplercapsizes
- prothomalocapsizes
- jeuneafriquemorts
- tribuneonlinedie
- sahel-intelligencedécédés
- anadolutués
- dailytrustmutu
- rtkilled
- taipeitimescapsizes
- cgtncapsizes
WhereObock
11.967, 43.288 ±10 km
First reported14 days ago
Published2026-10-11 09:39 UTC
Sources33
Casualties reported109
How this travelled.
Reports49Independent tellings30
30 independently corroborated tellings, 4 reported as carrying other outlets.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Over 100 migrants dead and 116 missing after vessel capsizes off Djibouti. 2026-10-11T09:39:53.257Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5462. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-11/at-least-109-migrants-dead-more-than-100-missing-after-59f53a63
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