Migrant crisis: Children drown in Turkey dinghy tragedy

Six children, including a baby, died when a dinghy carrying Afghan migrants capsized off Turkey, reports say. The Turkish coastguard rescued eight others from the Aegean Sea near the western city of Izmir. The latest tragedy came a day after the body of a young girl was found washed up on a nearby beach. More […]

Six children, including a baby, died when a dinghy carrying Afghan migrants capsized off Turkey, reports say.
The Turkish coastguard rescued eight others from the Aegean Sea near the western city of Izmir.
The latest tragedy came a day after the body of a young girl was found washed up on a nearby beach.
More than 3,500 people have died or have reported missing this year while trying to cross the Mediterranean into Europe.
One in four of those who died was a child, according to the UN refugee agency.
It says 911,487 refugees and migrants have reached the EU since January, the vast majority crossing from Turkey to nearby Greek islands.