吉布提海难死亡人数上修至至少139人：IOM更新统计，失踪约84人、82人获救
据路透社10月11日报道，联合国国际移民组织（IOM）当天更新了吉布提外海移民船倾覆事故的统计数字：死亡人数已升至至少139人，其中包括至少15名儿童；另有约84人失踪，82人获救。船上共载有305人。GSM当天早些时候曾报道IOM的初步统计为109人死亡、116人失踪；随着更多遗体被寻获，死亡与失踪两项数字此消彼长，本次是事故发生以来最大的一次上修。
事故发生在10月8日夜间至9日凌晨。据幸存者向IOM的陈述，这艘船从吉布提开往也门，在奥博克（Obock）港以北的古赫雷（Guhere）附近海域倾覆，超载是沉船的主要原因。获救的82人全部为埃塞俄比亚籍公民。IOM驻吉布提代表团团长夸萨克（Alexandre Coissac）对美联社表示，官方统计目前只包括由吉布提当局安葬的遗体，一些由移民自行安葬的死者要等遗体被核实后才会计入，因此最终死亡人数仍可能进一步上升。
据IOM介绍，目前有64名幸存者在奥博克的IOM移民响应中心接受医疗、心理与庇护等紧急援助；吉布提当局的搜救仍在继续。IOM总干事艾米·波普（Amy Pope）表示，没有人会登上一艘这样的船，除非他们认为这是别无选择的安全出路，她呼吁各国政府和捐助方在下一次悲剧发生前采取行动。
这些移民的目的地是也门，希望经也门抵达更富裕的海湾国家。这条从非洲之角经曼德海峡前往也门、被称作“东方路线”的走廊，是全球最致命的移民通道之一：据IOM“失踪移民项目”统计，2025年已有超过900名移民在这条路线上死亡或失踪。据路透社援引IOM的数据，自9月10日以来，已有超过2万人从埃塞俄比亚经海路抵达吉布提。
Death Toll in Djibouti Shipwreck Revised Up to at Least 139, IOM Says; About 84 Missing, 82 Survived
The death toll from the migrant boat capsize off Djibouti has been revised sharply upward, Reuters reported on Oct. 11. The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) said at least 139 migrants died — including at least 15 children — with about 84 people missing and 82 survivors out of 305 people on board. GSM earlier reported the IOM's initial figures of 109 dead and 116 missing; with more bodies recovered, the death toll has risen while the missing count has fallen, marking the largest update since the disaster.
The boat capsized during the night of Oct. 8–9 near Guhere, north of the port town of Obock, while sailing from Djibouti to Yemen, according to survivor accounts given to the IOM. The vessel sank soon after departure, mainly because it was overcrowded. All 82 survivors are Ethiopian nationals. IOM's chief of mission in Djibouti, Alexandre Coissac, told the Associated Press that the official count so far includes only bodies buried by the Djiboutian authorities; some victims were buried by fellow migrants and will not be added until the bodies can be verified, so the final toll could rise further.
About 64 survivors are being assisted at the IOM's Migrant Response Centre in Obock, receiving healthcare, psychosocial support, food, shelter and protection services, while Djiboutian authorities continue search and recovery operations. IOM Director General Amy Pope said no one boards such a boat unless they believe it is their only safe way out, and urged governments and donors to act before the next boat goes down.
The migrants had been hoping to reach wealthier Gulf states via Yemen. The Horn of Africa–to–Yemen crossing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, known as the Eastern Route, is one of the world's deadliest migration corridors: IOM's Missing Migrants Project recorded more than 900 deaths and disappearances along the route in 2025. According to the agency, more than 20,000 incoming movements from Ethiopia to Djibouti have been recorded since Sept. 10.
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