13 migrants, including 6 children, drown off Greece

November 01, 2015 20:05

At least 13 migrants, six of them children, drowned as two boats making the hazardous crossing from Turkey capsized in the Aegean Sea off Greece today, the coastguard said.

The first tragedy occurred off the island of Samos when a boat overturned just 20 metres from shore.

Ten bodies -- including six children, four of them babies -- were found in the vessel's cabin while that of a girl was washed up on the island, where dozens of refugees have perished trying to reach Europe in recent days.

Two others were still missing with coastguards saying 15 were plucked from the water.

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