 |
|
Picture from the same article: coastguards search for survivors after at
least 58 migrants drowned when a fishing boat sank near Aegean city of Izmir,
Turkey, in 2012. Photograph: AP
|
Officials in Greece say they have recovered
the bodies of seven migrants who drowned overnight when a boat traveling
illegally from Turkey sank in the eastern Aegean Sea.
The merchant marine ministry said another
eight people had been rescued near the island of Lesbos. Two of the bodies were
found in the water off the coast of the island, while the other five were
recovered from their semi-sunken boat.
The authorities were still searching for
two more people believed missing from the boat. Three coastguard vessels, a
helicopter and private boats were involved in the search.
