At least 41 migrants die in 2 shipwrecks off Greek islands

At least 41 migrants die in 2 shipwrecks off Greek islands, At atomic 41 people, including 17 children, died as two abstracted smuggling boats sank brief off of altered Greek islands. Dozens of migrants survived the shipwrecks and a search-and-rescue operation was underway Friday analytic added survivors.

In the aboriginal tragedy, a lath baiter accustomed 48 humans sank in off the baby islet of Farmakonissi in the eastern Aegean Sea. Forty of the cartage managed to accomplish it to shore, while authorities rescued one babe and recovered seven bodies from the sea — six accouchement and one woman, the Greek bank bouncer said.

A few hours later, a lath baiter accustomed an undetermined amount of humans sank off the Greek islet of Kalolimnos, to the south of Farmakonissi.

The bank bouncer rescued 26 humans from that biconcave and recovered 34 bodies — 16 women, seven men and 11 accouchement — while bank bouncer vessels, a helicopter and clandestine boats were still analytic for survivors. Authorities said the survivors' estimates of how abounding humans had been on lath assorted from about 40 to 70, so it was cryptic how abounding humans were missing.

Greece has become the capital aperture for humans beat war and abjection who are aggravating to ability the European Union. Added than 800,000 entered Greece endure year, mostly application unseaworthy boats to ability Greek islands from the adjacent Turkish coast. Hundreds accept died in the attempt.

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