联合国机构周日（10月11日）表示，一艘载有350人的船只在吉布提海岸附近于10月8日至9日夜间倾覆，导致至少109名移民死亡（包括15名儿童），约116人失踪。
At least 109 migrants died, including 15 children, and some 116 went missing when a boat sank off the shores of Djibouti overnight on October 8-9, a UN agency said Sunday, October 11.
幸存者称，该船从吉布提前往也门途中，在吉布提镇奥博克以北翻覆。
Survivors said the vessel – which was carrying 350 people from Djibouti to Yemen – capsized north of the Djibouti town of Obock, according to a statement from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
国际移民组织（IOM）吉布提特派团首席代表亚历山大·科萨克在声明中表示：“这是一场毁灭性的生命损失。
"This is a devastating loss of life.
我们的思念与幸存者以及失去亲人或仍未获知亲人下落的家庭同在。”他补充称，IOM团队正与吉布提当局在现场提供紧急援助。
Our thoughts are with the survivors and the families who have lost loved ones or remain without news of their relatives," said Alexandre Coissac, IOM chief of mission in Djibouti, in the statement. He said IOM teams were on the ground alongside Djiboutian authorities to provide emergency aid.
声明指出，此次悲剧凸显了移民在此走廊上面临的危险，他们试图穿越巴布·曼德布海峡前往也门，再前往海湾国家寻求经济机遇。
"This tragedy is a stark reminder of the dangers faced by migrants along this migration corridor as they seek economic opportunities," by trying to cross the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Yemen and then to reach Gulf countries.
在已找回的109具遗体中，有52名男性、42名女性和15名儿童（其中9名女孩、6名男孩）。超过80人幸存，均为埃塞俄比亚国民。
Among the 109 bodies recovered were 52 men, 42 women and 15 children – nine girls and six boys – the statement said. More than 80 people survived the shipwreck, all Ethiopian nationals.
IOM表示，贫困、不安全局势以及气候变化的日益加剧影响，促使许多人尽管中东地区不断加剧的不稳定，仍踏上这段危险旅程。
"Poverty, insecurity and the growing impacts of climate change drive many to undertake this journey, despite mounting instability across the Middle East," the IOM said.