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Scores of Migrants Die After Boat Sinks Off Turkish Coast Migrants Die as Boat Sinks Off Turkey
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ISTANBUL — At least 58 migrants drowned in the Aegean Sea just off the Turkish coast after the fishing boat that was carrying them sank early Thursday morning, local officials told a Turkish news agency.ISTANBUL — At least 58 migrants drowned in the Aegean Sea just off the Turkish coast after the fishing boat that was carrying them sank early Thursday morning, local officials told a Turkish news agency.
Forty-six others who were on the boat, including the crew of two, got to shore safely, and they have been detained, the semiofficial Anatolian News Agency reported, adding that two of the passengers were hospitalized. Fifteen of the dead were apparently locked in a cabin on the sinking boat, and it was not clear why, the officials said.Forty-six others who were on the boat, including the crew of two, got to shore safely, and they have been detained, the semiofficial Anatolian News Agency reported, adding that two of the passengers were hospitalized. Fifteen of the dead were apparently locked in a cabin on the sinking boat, and it was not clear why, the officials said.
The boat, about 39 feet long, was carrying more than 100 Syrians, Iraqis and Palestinians who were apparently trying to migrate to the European Union when it struck rocks and foundered near the Turkish township of Menderes in Izmir Province, the news agency said. The boat was only about 160 feet from shore at the time. The boat was carrying more than 100 Syrians, Iraqis and Palestinians who were apparently trying to migrate to the European Union when it struck rocks and foundered near the Turkish township of Menderes in Izmir Province, the news agency said.
In remarks to Turkish reporters, Ardahan Totuk, the deputy governor of Izmir Province, declined to say where the boat was headed. Turkey’s Aegean coastal region and the Greek islands a short distance offshore are a frequent route for illegal immigrants seeking refuge in Europe, often by paying smugglers to transport them clandestinely by sea. The Greek island of Samos is less than 20 miles from where the boat sank. In remarks to Turkish reporters, Ardahan Totuk, the deputy governor of Izmir Province, declined to say where the boat was headed. Turkey’s Aegean coastal region and the Greek islands a short distance offshore are a frequent route for illegal immigrants seeking refuge in Europe.