Boats carrying dozens of migrants off Turkish coast sink, killing 4

Two boats carrying dozens of migrants sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast on Tuesday, drowning not less than 4 folks, Turkish media reviews stated.

The Turkish coast guard rescued 38 folks and recovered the 4 our bodies, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

It was not clear how many individuals had been on the boats and coast guards had been persevering with to go looking off the coastal resort of Kusadasi for different potential survivors.

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Augean Sea waters bordering between Greece and Turkey is seen on Nov. 16, 2021. Two migrant boats carrying dozens of individuals sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast Tuesday. While the coast guard rescued 38 folks, 4 folks died. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto by way of Getty Images)

The rescued migrants had been taken to hospitals to be handled for hyperthermia, personal DHA information company reported. Their nationalities weren’t instantly identified.

Anadolu claimed that the boats carrying the migrants are believed to have been pushed again into Turkish waters by Greek authorities.

Turkey often accuses Greece of participating within the unlawful observe of pushbacks — abstract deportations of migrants with out permitting them to use for asylum. Greece denies that, and in flip accuses Turkish authorities of directing migrant boats to Greek waters.

Thousands of individuals — principally from the Middle East and Africa — attempt to attain the japanese Greek islands from Turkey yearly, searching for a greater life within the European Union.