
Children among 139 dead after boat capsizes off Djibouti, UN says
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IOM workers receiving migrants near Guhere, north of the port town of Obock At least 139 migrants including 15 children have died and dozens more are still missing after a boat sank off the coast of Djibouti, the UN's migration office has said.
国际移民组织工作人员在港口城市奥博克以北的古赫雷附近接收移民 联合国移民办公室表示,一艘船在吉布提海岸沉没,造成至少 139 名移民死亡,其中包括 15 名儿童,另有数十人失踪。
The boat had been travelling from Djibouti to Yemen with 305 people aboard when it capsized near the port town of Obock on Thursday night.
周四晚上,这艘载有305人的船从吉布提前往也门,在港口城镇奥博克附近倾覆。
Around 82 people were rescued, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. IOM's Djibouti mission chief Alexandre Coissac called the tragedy a "stark reminder" of the dangers migrants face when seeking a new life elsewhere.
国际移民组织 (IOM) 表示,约有 82 人获救。 国际移民组织吉布提代表团团长亚历山大·科瓦萨克称,这场悲剧“鲜明地提醒”了移民在其他地方寻求新生活时面临的危险。
Tens of thousands of migrants from the Horn of Africa make the perilous journey each year hoping to reach Gulf countries for safety and work, the agency says.
该机构表示,每年都有数以万计的来自非洲之角的移民踏上危险的旅程,希望到达海湾国家寻求安全和工作。
The organisation revised its toll from 109 on Sunday after 30 more bodies were recovered.
周日,在又找到 30 具尸体后,该组织将死亡人数从 109 人修正为死亡人数。
"This is a devastating loss of life," Coissac said.
科瓦萨克说:“这是一次毁灭性的生命损失。”
"Our thoughts are with the survivors and the families who have lost loved ones or remain without news of their relatives." Local authorities are also arranging burials for those who have died, while the survivors - all Ethiopian nationals - have medical care readily available to them.
“我们的心与幸存者和失去亲人或失去亲人消息的家庭同在。” 地方当局也在为死者安排埋葬,而幸存者——全部是埃塞俄比亚国民——可以随时获得医疗服务。
Yemen remains engulfed in a devastating civil war that has lasted more than a decade.
也门仍深陷一场持续十多年的毁灭性内战。
Despite this conflict - and growing instability across the wider region - migrants still cross the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Yemen driven by poverty, insecurity and the growing impacts of climate change. Since 10 September, the IOM said its Displacement Tracking Matrix had observed more than 20,000 "movements" from Ethiopia to Djibouti.
尽管存在这场冲突,而且整个地区的不稳定局势日益加剧,但由于贫困、不安全和气候变化日益严重的影响,移民仍然穿越曼德海峡前往也门。 国际移民组织表示,自 9 月 10 日以来,其位移跟踪矩阵已观察到从埃塞俄比亚到吉布提的“移动”超过 20,000 次。
The boat was travelling from Djibouti to Yemen IOM said it was providing assistance to 64 of the survivors at its response centre in Obock, including healthcare and support to "restore contact with their families".
该船当时正从吉布提前往也门 国际移民组织表示,正在奥博克响应中心向 64 名幸存者提供援助,包括医疗保健和“与家人恢复联系”的支持。
The UN agency was working in "close collaboration" with local authorities to help migrants and "prevent deaths at sea and on land", it added.
声明补充说,该联合国机构正在与地方当局“密切合作”,帮助移民并“防止海上和陆地上的死亡”。
More than 900 migrants died or went missing taking the same route in 2025, during an 18% increase in the number of people attempting the journey, according to IOM statistics.
根据国际移民组织的统计数据,2025 年,有超过 900 名移民在沿同一条路线死亡或失踪,而尝试这一旅程的人数增加了 18%。
In March 2026, nine people were killed and 45 went missing following a similar incident as Thursday's.
2026 年 3 月,发生了与周四类似的事件,造成 9 人死亡、45 人失踪。
The conflict in Yemen has also displaced more than 130,000 people across the country, the UN refugee agency said last month.
联合国难民机构上个月表示,也门的冲突还导致该国超过 13 万人流离失所。
Thousands of Yemenis have fled to Djibouti to escape the civil war between Houthi fighters and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government.
数千名也门人逃往吉布提,以逃避胡塞武装分子与沙特支持的也门政府之间的内战。
Djibouti is a tiny former French colony that sits just across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen.
吉布提是一个小小的前法国殖民地,与也门隔亚丁湾隔海相望。
Children brave snipers and mortars to go to school near Yemen front line Inside Yemen's front-line city as Houthis battle for control Dozens of migrants die in boat capsize off Yemen
也门前线附近的孩子们冒着狙击手和迫击炮的袭击去上学 也门前线城市内胡塞武装争夺控制权 也门海域翻船致数十名移民死亡
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