吉布提外海移民船倾覆：109人死亡含15名儿童、116人失踪，联合国机构称今年来最惨重海难之一
据路透社报道，联合国国际移民组织（IOM）10月11日（周日）表示，一艘载有约350人的移民船在吉布提外海倾覆，至少109人死亡、116人失踪。船只于10月8日夜至9日凌晨在吉布提港口城镇奥博克（Obock）以北的古赫雷（Guhere）附近海域翻覆，当时正从吉布提驶往也门；这一细节来自幸存者陈述。
IOM公布的遗体统计为：52名男子、42名女子和15名儿童（9名女孩、6名男孩）。80多人获救，全部为埃塞俄比亚籍；其中64名幸存者正在奥博克的IOM移民响应中心接受安置与协助。吉布提当局仍在继续搜救失踪者。
IOM驻吉布提代表团团长亚历山大·夸萨克（Alexandre Coissac）表示，IOM团队正与当地当局一道在现场提供紧急援助，并称这场悲剧再次提醒人们，移民在这条走廊上寻觅经济机会时面临何等危险。船上人员的目的地是也门一侧——他们试图穿越曼德海峡（Bab el-Mandeb），最终前往海湾国家谋生。
这条"东线"是非洲之角移民最危险的通道之一。据IOM统计，自9月10日以来，已有超过2万人次从埃塞俄比亚进入吉布提试图东渡；去年一年，在这条通往也门的海路上死亡或失踪的移民超过900人。此次109人死亡、116人失踪的规模，为今年以来该走廊最惨重的单次海难之一。
（资料来源：路透社）
109 Migrants Dead, Including 15 Children, and 116 Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Djibouti, UN Agency Says
At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, have died and more than 116 are missing after a boat carrying about 350 people capsized while sailing from Djibouti to Yemen, the International Organization for Migration said on Sunday, Reuters reported. The vessel overturned near Guhere, north of the port town of Obock, during the night of October 8–9, according to survivor accounts.
The IOM said the recovered bodies comprised 52 men, 42 women and 15 children — nine girls and six boys. More than 80 people survived, all Ethiopian nationals, and 64 survivors are being assisted at the IOM's Migrant Response Centre in Obock while Djiboutian authorities continue search and recovery operations.
The passengers were attempting to cross the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Yemen, hoping ultimately to reach Gulf states for work. The IOM has recorded more than 20,000 crossings into Djibouti from Ethiopia since September 10, and more than 900 migrants died or went missing on the sea route to Yemen last year alone.
(Sources: Reuters)
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