At Least 14 Dead as Migrant Boat Sinks off Coast of Greece
The bodies of 14 people have been recovered from the sea off a Greek island in the eastern Aegean following the sinking of a suspected migrant boat, Greece’s coast guard said.
The bodies of 14 people have been recovered from the sea off a Greek island in the eastern Aegean following the sinking of a suspected migrant boat, Greece’s coast guard said.
According to the reports, a massive search and rescue operation was under way to locate four others believed missing.
Initially, the bodies of four children, one man and one woman were recovered off the island of Agathonisi, south of the island of Samos, the coast guard said, World news reported.
Three people — two women and a man — managed to reach the coast and alert authorities.
The three told authorities they had been in a wooden boat which sank with an estimated 21 people on board.
The reasons for the sinking were not immediately clear, and authorities said the total number of people who had been on board was also unclear.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time migrant boats sink or capsize as migrants try to travel to foreign countries.
