Greek coastguard finds body of migrant near half-sunken boat
Coastguard officers also found 13 people, all of them Syrian citizens, safe on the seashore. Searches for more survivors continued. Greece was the main gateway for hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers, many fleeing fighting in the Middle East, who streamed out of neighbouring Turkey in 2015 and 2016 until a deal with the European Union stemmed the flow.
- Country:
- Greece
The body of a migrant has been found near a half-sunken boat at a beach on the Aegean island of Rhodes, Greek authorities said on Monday. Coastguard officers also found 13 people, all of them Syrian citizens, safe on the seashore. They later recovered the body of the man, an official said, without providing further details.
The coastguard was alerted early in the morning about the incident off Rhodes, opposite the Turkish coast. Searches for more survivors continued.
Greece was the main gateway for hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers, many fleeing fighting in the Middle East, who streamed out of neighbouring Turkey in 2015 and 2016 until a deal with the European Union stemmed the flow.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
Cyprus seeks EU help to curb surge of Syrian refugees from Lebanon
Cyprus seeks EU help to curb surge of Syrian refugees from Lebanon
Israeli military attacks Syrian army positions
Cyprus suspends Syrian asylum applications as it struggles with arrivals spike
Cyprus suspends Syrian asylum applications as it struggles with arrivals spike