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The United Nations migration agency said on Tuesday that 21 migrants have died, and another 23 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti. It was the second tragic marine accident in two weeks off the Horn of Africa, which is situated on the perilous so-called eastern migration route from Africa to the Middle East. Tanja Pacifico, the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) chief of mission in Djibouti, told AFP in Nairobi that more than 20 bodies had been found, while roughly the same number remained missing. She reported late on Tuesday that anoth…

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