ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The latest in the flow of people across Europe in search of a better life. All times local.
9:40 a.m.
Turkey’s state-run agency says seven children are among the 14 migrants who drowned when their boat sank off the northern Turkish Aegean coast.
Anadolu Agency says Turkish Coast Guard divers are searching the waters for more possible victims.
The boat carrying the migrants sank off the coast of Ayvacik early on Wednesday on its way to the Greek island of Lesbos. The migrants’ nationalities were not immediately known.
More than half a million migrants have crossed the Aegean Sea to the Greek islands from Turkey so far this year. Hundreds have died during the crossing.
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9:20 a.m.
Turkey’s state-run news agency says 14 migrants drowned when their boat sank off the Turkish northern Aegean coast of Ayvacik.
The Anadolu Agency says 27 other migrants were rescued by Turkish coast guards.
Ayvacik is a main crossing point to the Greek island of Lesbos.
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