Turkish coast guard recovers 5 migrant our bodies after shipwreck, almost a dozen feared lacking: officers

The Turkish Coast Guard recovered the our bodies of 5 migrants whose dinghy full of 31 passengers was shipwrecked Saturday morning off the coast of Turkey, officers mentioned.

Turkish authorities rescued 11 others from {a partially} submerged boat, whereas the Greece Coast Guard discovered 5 migrants safely on Farmakonisi island within the Aegean Sea, the United Nations Refugee Agency mentioned.

Turkey’s coast guard responded to the realm after studying a vessel was taking up water simply earlier than 6:30 a.m. native time, Reuters reported. A toddler was among the many 11 rescued from the “half-sunken dinghy” in Turkish waters, authorities mentioned.

Those rescued advised authorities that the dinghy was carrying 31 passengers, in accordance with the outlet.

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The seek for the remaining passengers continued Sunday as rescuers battled harsh climate situations.

Greece’s Hellenic Coast Guard mentioned Turkish authorities recovered 5 our bodies within the Aegean Sea and rescued 11 others aboard {a partially} submerged vessel. Greek authorities rescued 5 migrants on a close-by island, whereas the remaining passengers are lacking. (Hellenic Coast Guard)

Farmakonisi is positioned about 12 miles off the coast of Didim, a small coastal city in southwest Turkey.

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The newest migrant shipwreck comes two weeks after a picket boat that sailed from Turkey ran right into a sandbank in tough seas off a seaside in Calabria, the toe of the Italian peninsula. At least 79 migrants died, whereas 80 others survived and an undetermined quantity stay lacking and presumed lifeless.

Police verify a fishing boat with some 500 migrants within the southern Italian port of Crotone early Saturday. The Italian coast guard was responding to a few smugglers boats carrying greater than 1,300 migrants “at risk” off Italy’s southern coast. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)

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Meanwhile, greater than 1,300 migrants have been rescued since Friday in three separate missions within the Mediterranean Sea off the southern tip of Italy, Italian officers mentioned.