New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- At least 139 people, including children, have died after a boat carrying 305 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in East Africa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday.

At least 84 people remained missing, making the incident one of the deadliest shipwrecks on the increasingly dangerous migration route linking the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula. Many migrants use the crossing in the hope of finding work and better opportunities in wealthy Gulf nations.

According to the IOM, the boat was travelling from Djibouti to Yemen when it capsized late on Thursday or early on Friday. More than 80 people survived the incident, all of them Ethiopian nationals, the organisation said. ...