Eight people lose life while crossing the Mediterranean – Turkish Coastguard

cde.news desk 18 June 2019, 06:00 · 1 min read

Turkish Coast Guard members carry a coffin of a migrant who died after a boat sunk in the Aegean sea off Bodrum disrict in Mugla, Turkey, 17 June 2019. According to media reports 12 migrants were dead and 31 migrant rescued. EPA-EFE/ALI BALLI TURKEY OUT, USA OUT, UK OUT, CANADA OUT, FRANCE OUT, SWEDEN OUT, IRAQ OUT, JORDAN OUT, KUWAIT OUT, LEBANON OUT, OMAN OUT, QATAR OUT, SAUDI ARABIA OUT, SYRIA OUT, UAE OUT, YEMEN OUT, BAHRAIN OUT, EGYPT OUT, LIBYA OUT, ALGERIA OUT, MOROCCO OUT, TUNISIA OUT, SHUTTERSTOCK OUT

Eight migrants lost their lives on Monday as they were crossing the Mediterranean.

The Turkish coastguard said that they managed to rescue 31 people from the sunken ship, off the coast of Bodrum, in the southwestern province of Mugla.

The country of origin of the migrants has still not been determined, but they were supposedly trying to reach the Greek islands before their boat overturned.

Via Euronews

Topics Bodrum Mediterranean Sea Migration Mugla Turkey