The bodies of 13 migrants were discovered after a boat collided with a ferry off the Turkish coast. The commercial vessel hit the migrant boat off the western port city of Canakkale today, Turkey's coastguard agency said in a statement on its website.
An official at the agency said eight people had been rescued following incident and search-and-rescue operations were ongoing.
Meanwhile, a search for 26 migrants missing off the coast of the Greek island of Lesbos is underway after their boat sank this morning.
A Lithuanian helicopter from European border control agency Frontex spotted people in the Aegean Sea and two coastguard vessels rushed to the scene.
They were able to rescue 20 migrants, who said they were in a boat with a total of 46 people on board. State news agency ANA said there were children among the missing.
A coastguard spokeswoman said: 'They (the migrants) told rescuers there were 46 people in the inflatable dinghy in total.'
A search is also continuing east of Lesbos for between 10 and 12 people missing in a separate sinking on yesterday morning.
The coastguard rescued 11 people in that incident and recovered an unconscious girl from the water, who later died in hospital.
Monday 21 September 2015
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241826/Nearly-30-migrants-including-children-feared-drowned-boat-sinks-Greek-island-Lesbos.html
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