Migrant boat sinks off Turkey, children among 60 dead
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - At least 60 migrants, most of them Palestinian and more than half of them children, died after their overcrowded boat sank just tens of metres off Turkey's western Aegean coast on Thursday, a district official said.
Tahsin Kurtbeyoglu, governor of the coastal district of Menderes in Turkey's western Izmir province, said an initial investigation showed the small vessel sank due to overcrowding around dawn.
Its destination was unclear but the small Turkish town of Ahmetbeyli from where it left is only a few kilometres from the Greek island of Samos. Greece is a common entry point for migrants trying to get into the European Union.
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