From The Straits Times · · 40s
Migrant boats capsize off Greek islands
Twelve migrants, including an infant, drown as boats capsize near Greek islands.
In brief
Twelve migrants, including an infant, drown as boats capsize near Greek islands. Twelve migrants, including an infant, drowned after boats capsized off Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. Originally reported by The Straits Times.
Migrant boats capsize off Greek islands
Twelve migrants, including an infant, drowned in two separate incidents off Greek islands in the northeastern Aegean Sea on Monday.
First incident: Speedboat capsizes
Five men and one woman died when a speedboat carrying migrants from Turkey overturned four nautical miles north of Samos.
Second incident: Boat collides with coast guard
Four men, one woman and an infant died when their boat collided with a Greek coast guard vessel off Lesbos.
The takeaway
Twelve migrants, including an infant, drowned after boats capsized off Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.
