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Death toll in migrant boat capsize off Djibouti rises to 24: UN

The death toll from a migrant boat disaster off Djibouti this week has risen to 24, the UN's migration agency said, highlighting a sharp increase in the number of people returning from Yemen to the Horn of Africa nation this year

34 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Djibouti: IOM

20 die after human traffickers throw migrants into sea enroute to Yemen

Smugglers Throw 20 Migrants Fleeing Somalia to Drowning Deaths - UN Agency

Smugglers threw at least 20 people trying to flee from Somalia to Yemen to their deaths drowning in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), a UN agency, said in a press release on Thursday

20 migrants dead after thrown into sea off Djibouti:IOM

Eight migrants die off coast of Djibouti, 12 missing

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that at least eight migrants died while 12 others went missing off the coast of Djibouti

Death toll climbs to 52 after migrant boats sink off coast of Djibouti

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday that the death toll from the two migrant boats that had capsized off the coast of Djibouti on Tuesday has reached 52

Death toll climbs to 52 after migrant boats sink off coast of Djibouti

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday that the death toll from the two migrant boats that had capsized off the coast of Djibouti on Tuesday has reached 52

Death toll at 52 after migrant boats sink off Djibouti

The death toll from the sinking of two boats carrying migrants to Yemen from Djibouti rose to 52 on Thursday, the UN migration agency said, appealing to regional leaders to take action to stop such tragedies

Mediterranean sea claimed six migrants a day in 2018: UN

Six people died every day last year trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe "the world's deadliest sea crossing" - the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said Thursday, citing ongoing political deadlock over sea rescue and disembarkation

Death toll reaches 38 after migrant boats sink off Djibouti

The death toll after two migrant boats sank in heavy seas off the coast of Djibouti has risen to 38, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday, with scores still feared missing

Over 130 migrants missing following 2 shipwrecks off Djibouti coast

More than 130 migrants have gone missing after two migrant boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday