At least 139 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Djibouti, UN says

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At least 139 migrants died after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, according to the UN’s International Organization for Migration. The route is used by migrants traveling from the Horn of Africa through Djibouti toward Yemen and Gulf countries.

The UN's IOM agency says tens of thousands of migrants travel from the Horn of Africa through Djibouti each year as they look to cross the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Yemen and eventually reach the Gulf countries.