10 migrants die in boat accident off Turkey

  • 2/10/2023
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Istanbul, Rabi'II 20, 1437, January 30, 2016, SPA -- Ten people, including five children, died early Saturday as migrants tried to make their way from Turkey to Greece by boat, the latest in a string of fatal accidents that claimed hundreds of lives last year alone. The migrants' boat was trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos from Turkey's coastal Canakkale province, state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing the coast guard. The coast guard rescued 43 people in the Aegean Sea. The migrants hail from Syria, Afghanistan and Myanmar. --SPA 13:53 LOCAL TIME 10:53 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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