{"id":21974,"date":"2015-12-19T05:43:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T05:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/report-refugees-drown-as-boat-sinks-off-turkey\/"},"modified":"2015-12-19T05:42:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T05:42:58","slug":"report-refugees-drown-as-boat-sinks-off-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/report-refugees-drown-as-boat-sinks-off-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Refugees drown as boat sinks off Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Turkish media reports that 18 died and 14 were rescued after boat capsized in the Aegean Sea, between Turkey and Greece.}<\/p>\n

At least 18 people have drowned after a refugee boat capsized off the Turkish coast near Bodrum, the Turkish Anadolu news agency reported.<\/p>\n

The wooden boat carrying refugees, including Syrians and Iraqis, sank on Friday night as it travelled from Turkey’s coastal resort of Bodrum to Greece’s Kos Island.
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According to the Bodrum Sea Rescue Society, coast guards retrieved the bodies, including those of children, who drowned.<\/p>\n

The incident was the third attempted sea crossing to end in the deaths of refugees in the Aegean this week.<\/p>\n

Less than 24 hours earlier, on Friday morning, eight Iraqi refugees, including five children, drowned after a boat sank off near Bodrum, Anadolu reported.<\/p>\n

And on Wednesday, at least Syrian four refugees, including three babies, drowned as their boat sank off Bodrum.<\/p>\n

The bodies of the dead refugees were taken to the Greek island of Leros and then to Rhodes for medical examination, according to the Anadolu report.<\/p>\n

Kos and other Greek Islands are a few kilometres from the Turkish coast.<\/p>\n

European border action<\/p>\n

The European Commission said in a statement on Tuesday that it will adopt a set of measures to protect the EU’s external borders and manage migration more effectively.<\/p>\n

The Commission proposed to establish a European border and coast guard to “ensure a strong and shared management of external borders to further increase security for European citizens”, the statement said.<\/p>\n

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says at least 45,255 refugees and migrants have arrived in the Greek islands from Turkey since the beginning of December.<\/p>\n

Since January, at least 907,712 refugees and migrants made the journey to Europe, including 878,495 who have arrived by sea, the IOM said in a report earlier this month.<\/p>\n

At least 3,563 people have gone missing or drowned trying to reach Europe, the IOM said in a report released in early December.<\/p>\n

The UNHCR put the number of arrivals by sea at 956,683 and 3,625 reported missing or dead. <\/p>\n

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Source:Al Jazeera:[Report: Refugees drown as boat sinks off Turkey->http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2015\/12\/report-refugees-drown-boat-sinks-turkey-151219082845099.html]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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