Sixteen migrants drown making Turkey-Greece crossing

Kurzweil · 2017-04-25T10:29:53+00:00

Takribani miili ya wahamiaji 16 imeokotwa katika pwani nyembamba inayotenganisha Uturuki na Kisiwa cha Ugiriki cha Lesbos. Aidha katika miili hiyo imebainika kuwepo kwa miili ya watoto wawili. Katika tukio hilo wamepatikana manusura wawili huko mmoja akiwa ni mwanamke mjamzito. Manusura hao wametoka katika mataifa ya Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo na Cameroon. Inadaiwa kuwa kabla ya ajali katika chombo walichokuwa wakisafiria kulikuwa na abiria 20 mpaka 25. =========== At least 16 people have drowned in the narrow strait separating Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos, say authorities and the UN. Two children were among those whose bodies were recovered. There were two survivors, including a pregnant woman. The survivors, from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo, said there had been between 20 and 25 people on board. Hundreds of people have died since 2015 trying to cross from Turkey to Greece. The numbers dropped dramatically from March last year, after Turkey and the EU agreed a deal to stem the flow of people. But there are fears that numbers attempting the crossing could begin to rise again if the deal is affected by nose-diving relations between the two sides. The bodies of six women, a child and two men were recovered in Greek territory, while six men and a child were found in Turkish waters, said Greek and Turkish coastguard officials. The survivors said the boat had capsized on Sunday night. "The number of people crossing the Aegean to Greece has dropped drastically over the past year, but this tragic incident shows that the dangers and the risk of losing one's life remains very real," said Philippe Leclerc, Greece representative for the UN's refugee agency UNHCR, according to Reuters news agency. In a separate incident, an Iranian man died amid a high-speed chase involving a van of illegal migrants and Greek police near Greece's north-eastern border with Turkey after the van overturned, reported AFP news agency. Chanzo: BBC

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Start date Apr 25, 2017

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