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| Migrant crisis: Dozens drown in shipwrecks off Greece | Migrant crisis: Dozens drown in shipwrecks off Greece |
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| A total of 42 migrants are reported to have drowned overnight in two separate shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea. | A total of 42 migrants are reported to have drowned overnight in two separate shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea. |
| One boat went down off the coast of the small Greek islet of Kalolimnos, killing 34 people, including 11 children. | One boat went down off the coast of the small Greek islet of Kalolimnos, killing 34 people, including 11 children. |
| Another eight people died after a boat sank off the island of Farmakonisi. | Another eight people died after a boat sank off the island of Farmakonisi. |
| Over a million migrants arrived in Europe last year. More than 700 died in the Aegean crossing from Turkey to Greece. | Over a million migrants arrived in Europe last year. More than 700 died in the Aegean crossing from Turkey to Greece. |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel is on Friday meeting Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Berlin to discuss the crisis. | German Chancellor Angela Merkel is on Friday meeting Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Berlin to discuss the crisis. |
| Cabinet ministers from both countries will be in attendance. | Cabinet ministers from both countries will be in attendance. |
| Katya Adler: Germans struggle to cope with influx | |
| Teaching migrants how to behave | |
| Migrants feel chill of tighter borders | |
| Europe's migrant crisis | |
| On Thursday, French Prime Minister Manuel V alls warned that Europe's migration crisis was putting the EU at grave risk. | |
| Mr Valls told the BBC that Europe could not take all the refugees fleeing wars in Iraq or Syria. If it did, he said, it could "destabilise our societies". | Mr Valls told the BBC that Europe could not take all the refugees fleeing wars in Iraq or Syria. If it did, he said, it could "destabilise our societies". |
| The Greek coastguard said it had rescued 26 people from the sinking of the wooden sailboat off Kalolimnos, but that it had recovered 34 bodies - 16 women, 11 children and seven men. | |
| It was not known how many people were on the boat, but some estimates said up to 100, and a search is continuing for more survivors. | |
| The boat off Farmakonisi was carrying 48 people. Forty made it to shore and one girl was rescued, but the bodies of six children and one woman were found. | |
| Where Europe is failing on migrants |