At least 13 migrants died off the coast of Turkey Sunday after the inflatable dinghy carrying them to Greece collided with a ferry, Turkish media reported. Four children were among the victims of the accident involving a boat carrying 46 migrants from the northwestern Turkish port of Canakkale to the Greek island of Lesbos.
Turkey's coast guard agency said in a statement to its website that it intervened after being alerted that a commercial vessel hit a migrant boat off the western port city of Canakkale and that bodies were in the water. Twenty people were rescued and 13 people were still missing, the report added. The Coastguard said it had rescued 20 people spotted in the water by a helicopter deployed by EU border agency Frontex, but the survivors said another 26 people had been in the boat.
The sinking was the second Sunday in the Aegean Sea, with the Greek coastguard reporting another two dozen feared missing from a boat that got into trouble close to Lesbos. There was no information on the nationalities of the migrants.
This is very sad news due to the ongoing migrant crisis throughout europe. It does not seem the migrants have been given a very safe way to cross especially the fact they've been travelling in an inflatable dinghy. More care needs to be taken for the transportation of the migrants.
I like the way you have given a direct view on the matter as it expresses to me that you have a strong view and i like that. Maybe a little more development on why your opinion is this but overall I thought this was good and well worded. Well Done
ReplyDeleteNicely detailed article by quoting the number of migrants and death of people etc.I like your opinion of the issue however it could have been expanded more. Overall sound article though
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