Twenty others were rescued, and a search and rescue operation was under way for the missing, according to a coastguard spokeswoman. The nationalities of the individuals were not immediately available.
"They (the migrants) told rescuers there were 46 people in the inflatable dinghy in total," she said.
A Lithuanian helicopter from the European border patrol agency Frontex spotted people in the sea off the southeastern coast of Lesbos early Sunday, according to the coast guard.
So far this year, hundreds of thousands of refugees, mostly Syrians and Afghans fleeing conflict at home, have arrived in Greece from the nearby Turkish coast.
Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
20/9/15
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At least 13 migrants, including children, have died after their dinghy and a ferry collided off Turkey, the coastguard there says...
ReplyDeleteThe accident happened close to the port of Canakkale. The boat was on its way to the Greek island of Lesbos.
In a second incident, Greece's coastguard said 26 people were feared missing from a boat, also off Lesbos.
Meanwhile thousands of migrants continue to cross borders in southern Europe, many now passing into Austria.......BBC
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Refugee landings in Lesbos ease as storm approaches and deaths mount...
ReplyDeleteFewer boats than normal carrying Syrian refugees and migrants from elsewhere landed on the Greek island of Lesbos Monday morning as a storm threatened to hit, following a weekend of death at sea.
A Reuters photographer on the island, close to the Turkish coast and a gateway for migrants seeking to enter the European Union, said only three boats had landed, compared with around 20 on other recent mornings.
The island was due to be hit by a thunder storm later in the day.
Over the weekend, 13 migrants died in Turkish waters near Lesbos when a boat carrying 46 people en route to Greece collided with a dry cargo vessel and capsized.
Six of those killed were children and 20 others were rescued, according to a Turkish coastguard source.
A girl believed to be five years died on Saturday and 13 other migrants were feared lost overboard after their boat sank in choppy seas off the Greek island of Lesbos, the Greek coastguard said.....Reuters
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