Greek authorities conduct search after dinghy carrying migrants capsizes

ATHENS, Greece — One lady died and 19 folks have been rescued after a dinghy carrying migrants to Greece capsized off an islet within the jap Aegean Sea close to the Turkish coast Friday, Greek authorities mentioned.

A coast guard assertion mentioned the girl was discovered unconscious within the water and was pronounced {dead} in hospital on the close by island of Samos. The coast guard mentioned no additional folks have been reported as lacking.

Eighteen of the survivors have been picked up off the islet of Agathonissi, and one other was rescued by the Turkish coast guard in Turkish waters and handed over to a Greek patrol boat.

1000’s of individuals fleeing battle and poverty within the Center East, Africa and Asia try the brief however harmful sea crossing from Turkey to the Greek islands every year, within the hope of finally making their method to extra affluent European Union nations.

Others try to skirt round Greece and head on to Italy as a substitute, both from Turkey or from north Africa. The longer sea journey is significantly extra perilous, and has claimed tons of of lives.

In June, an overloaded fishing trawler believed to have been carrying as much as 750 folks capsized and sank off the coast of western Greece because it headed from Libya to Italy. The overwhelming majority of passengers had been beneath deck, and solely 104 survivors and 78 our bodies have been recovered.

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