Two children die as migrant boat sinks off Greek island

Two children were among three people who died early Thursday when a migrant boat, carrying at least 12 people, sank near the Greek island of Samos.

The two young boys died shortly after being rescued, with another body  recovered afterwards.

The island of Samos, in the eastern Aegean Sea near the Turkish coast, has one of the country’s most congested camps, with some 4,000 people crammed into a facility originally built to house fewer than 700.

Last week Greece’s Minister for Migration Policy Dimitris Vitsas said that the number of refugees and migrants on the Aegean islands has increased significantly.

 

Via ANSA

 

 

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