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| Migrant crisis: At least 18 dead as boat sinks | |
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| A boat carrying migrants from Turkey to Greece has sunk, killing at least 18 people, Turkey's state news says. | |
| The boat capsized near the Turkish resort of Didim, the Anadolu Agency reported. | |
| The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says at least 321 migrants drowned trying to get to Greece between 1 January and 3 March. | |
| Macedonia has set new restrictions on migrants coming from Greece, which may worsen the bottleneck on the border. | Macedonia has set new restrictions on migrants coming from Greece, which may worsen the bottleneck on the border. |
| A search and rescue operation has been launched after the latest sinking in the Aegean Sea, and 15 people have so far been rescued, Anadolu reported. | A search and rescue operation has been launched after the latest sinking in the Aegean Sea, and 15 people have so far been rescued, Anadolu reported. |
| Three children are believed to be among those who died. | Three children are believed to be among those who died. |
| More than 2,000 migrants, most of whom the IOM says are from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, are arriving into Greece from Turkey every day hoping to travel further north through Europe. | |
| But some EU countries re-imposed internal border controls and Macedonia sharply reduced the numbers allowed to cross, leading to a build-up on the Greek side of the border. | But some EU countries re-imposed internal border controls and Macedonia sharply reduced the numbers allowed to cross, leading to a build-up on the Greek side of the border. |
| On Sunday, reports from the border said Macedonia had stopped allowing entry to anyone from areas in Iraq and Syria it did not consider to be active conflict zones. | |
| As a result, anyone from Damascus or Baghdad is not allowed to pass. | |
| Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the UN's refugee agency, called the development "concerning". | |
| He said even some migrants from the Syrian cities of Latakia and Homs were being turned back. While a truce was signed between the Syrian government and rebels in Homs in December, the city remains a scene of devastation. | |
| On Saturday, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, governor of a northern border region, said the number of migrants on the frontier waiting to cross north into Macedonia had grown to at least 13,000. | On Saturday, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, governor of a northern border region, said the number of migrants on the frontier waiting to cross north into Macedonia had grown to at least 13,000. |
| Mr Tzitzikostas called for a state of emergency to be imposed on the border that could facilitate the delivery of aid. | Mr Tzitzikostas called for a state of emergency to be imposed on the border that could facilitate the delivery of aid. |
| An emergency summit will take place between the EU and Turkey on Monday to try to seek a common approach to handling the flow of arrivals. | |
| Last week, European Council President Donald Tusk said he had been told by the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan that his country was ready to take back all migrants apprehended in Turkish waters. | |
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| A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants. |