This is the third sinking during a crossing between Turkey and Greece since Wednesday.
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Sixteen migrants perished, Friday, December 24, in the sinking of a boat in the Aegean Sea, according to the Greek coast guard. A few hours earlier, eleven bodies had been recovered after the sinking of another boat, which was carrying around a hundred migrants, stranded Thursday on an islet in southern Greece. This is the third such drama since Wednesday. Saturday morning, lhe Greek Coast Guard is still looking for survivors. According to them, the toll of these accidents has risen to at least 30 dead.
The Coast Guard recovered sixteen bodies, including twelve men, three women and a child, and managed to rescue 63 people. The boat, which was carrying 80 people, was wrecked near the island of Paros.
Some 90 survivors, including 52 men, 11 women and 27 children were rescued and evacuated on Friday morning from this islet located north of the Greek island of Antikythera, an official of the Greek coast guard told AFP. . “Search and rescue operations continue because it is still not known exactly how many people were in the boat before it sank.”, he added.