At least 33
people drowned and 75 others were rescued after a boat carrying
migrants to Greece sank off Turkey's western coast, a local mayor and
Turkish news agency Dogan reported on Saturday.
The Turkish
coast guard was continuing search and rescue efforts where the boat
sank off the coast of Ayvacik, a town across from the Greek island of
Lesvos. It was not immediately clear how many migrants had been on
board.
At least
five of those who died were children, the Dogan news agency said, and
rescued migrants were hospitalized with hypothermia symptoms. It said
the migrants were of Syrian, Afghan and Myanmar origin.
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