International • Created March 7, 2016 05:00

Migrant crisis: Greece-bound boat sinks, claims 25 lives

A boat carrying migrants from Turkey to Greece has sunk with the loss of 25 lives, Turkey’s coast guard says. Fifteen people were rescued after the boat capsized near the Turkish resort of Didim. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says at least 321 migrants drowned trying to get to Greece between 1 January and […]

Migrant crisis: Greece-bound boat sinks, claims 25 lives
Migrant crisis: Greece-bound boat sinks, claims 25 lives

A boat carrying migrants from Turkey to Greece has sunk with the loss of 25 lives, Turkey’s coast guard says.
Fifteen people were rescued after the boat capsized near the Turkish resort of Didim.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says at least 321 migrants drowned trying to get to Greece between 1 January and 3 March.
Reports suggest Macedonia has set new curbs on Syrian migrants trying to cross the land border from Greece.
In another development, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that alliance ships would be deployed to Turkish and Greek territorial waters in the battle to defeat people smugglers.

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