Overview
- The boat, which sank Tuesday near Guehere off northern Djibouti, was carrying about 320 people trying to cross the Bab al-Mandeb Strait toward Yemen.
- The Djiboutian coastguard mounted an overnight rescue and pulled 266 people from the water, with searches still underway for the missing.
- IOM said the survivors, reported as Ethiopian nationals, are receiving care at its Migrant Response Centre in Obock.
- The coastguard’s Research, Investigation and Judicial Affairs Brigade opened a judicial probe into the sinking.
- IOM data show the Eastern Route saw over 506,000 movements in 2025 and about 922 deaths or disappearances, and officials fear this wreck could be the first of many as rough seas build with the heat.