Friday, March 24, 2017

Five children among 12 Syrians killed as boat sinks off Turkey


Five children were among 11 Syrians killed after their plastic boat sank off Turkey's Aegean coast Friday, the Dogan news agency said, the first such reported incident in months on an illegal migrant route meant to have been all but shut down.


Television footage showed rescue workers standing next to bodies washed up on a beach near the coastal town of Kusadasi.

The boat, believed to have been carrying 22 Syrian migrants, had been heading for Greece.
  [elethos.gr/Reuters]
24/3/17
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