Children among refugees found drowned on Turkish coast
1/5/2016
Photos in Turkish media show young children among victims of latest desperate attempts to cross Aegean Sea to Greece
Twenty-one bodies belonging to refugees from Syria, Iraq and Algeria were found washed up on Turkey's western coast on Tuesday.
The refugees were on boats that sank due to bad weather as they were attempting to cross the Aegean Sea towards EU member Greece, the Dogan news agency reported.
Fourteen refugees were found washed up on the shore near the resort of Ayvalik, Dogan said. One of the victims was a pregnant woman, according to the AFP news agency.
According to Turkish daily Hurriyet, 10 bodies from a boat packed with 22 refugees were found washed up on the shore of a housing development, Marti Site, in Ayvalik’s Altinova neighbourhood after the boat left the nearby resort of Dikili.
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