Geneva, Oct. 12 -- The death toll in a migrant boat capsizing off the coast of Djibouti has risen to 139, with 84 people still missing, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, as search and rescue operations continued following one of the deadliest shipwrecks recorded along the Eastern Migration Route.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the UN migration agency said that the toll rose from 109 to 139 after 30 additional bodies were recovered.

The boat was carrying 305 people from Djibouti towards Yemen when it capsized near Guehere, north of Obock in Djibouti, on the intervening night of October 8 and October 9.

About 82 people survived the disaster, while Djiboutian authorities continued search and recovery operations am...