Three girls dead, 16 others rescued after migrant boat sinks near Greek island

Three girls dead, 16 others rescued after migrant boat sinks near Greek island

Rescuers on the jap Greek island of Chios yesterday recovered the our bodies of three women who died after a ship carrying migrants from close by Turkey hit rocks, officers mentioned.

Fourteen individuals, together with eight different kids, had been rescued by the coast guard off rugged coasts on the northeast of the island, some 20 kilometres from Turkey.

Two males had been additionally discovered ashore.

Three girls are dead and 16 others were rescued after a migrant boat was lost off a Greek island.
Three women are useless and 16 others had been rescued after a migrant boat was misplaced off a Greek island. (Associated Press)

Coast guard officers mentioned three patrol vessels had been on the lookout for different potential survivors, whereas the boat is believed to have sunk.

Greek islands within the jap Aegean Sea are a standard entry level into the European Union for migrants utilizing Turkey-based smuggling networks in waters patrolled by the EU border safety company Frontex.

Source: www.9news.com.au