Friday, October 30, 2015

Greece Says 22 Migrants Drown off Aegean Islands, 144 Rescued

 

Reuters, 30/10 14:43 CET

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece rescued 144 refugees and recovered the bodies of 22, including four infants and nine children, after their boats sank in two separate incidents in the Aegean sea, the coastguard said on Friday.

The death toll from drownings at sea has mounted recently as weather in the Aegean has taken a turn for the worse, turning wind-whipped sea corridors into deadly passages for thousands of refugees crossing from Turkey to Greece.

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Source: Euronews

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