Greek
authorities say a small plastic boat carrying migrants from Turkey to
Europe has sunk off an eastern Greek islet and at least 13 people,
mostly children, have drowned.
The
coastguard said another 15 people had been rescued, while a search
was under way to locate one missing person. The dead were identified
as seven children, four men and two women.
The accident
occurred before dawn on Wednesday off the small Aegean Sea island of
Farmakonisi. The cause of the sinking was not immediately clear.
A day
earlier, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported that 11
migrants, including three children, attempting to reach the Greek
island of Samos drowned after their boat capsized. Seven others were
rescued.
The agency
said Turkish coastguards spotted the refugees during a routine
patrol.
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