A boat carrying an unknown variety of migrants from Turkey to Greece sank on Thursday early morning off Samos in the Aegean Sea, leaving 4 travelers dead.
According to reports, 2 children and two women died in the event.
The coast guard rescued 16 survivors from the boat which sank after crashing into rocks.
Authorities did not however reveal the nationalities of the migrants involved.This was the second deadly shipwreck to happen off the eastern Aegean island today, after another boat sank in the area on Monday, triggering the death of another six kids and 2 women.
In Monday&& s incident, 39 individuals made it through, though it was also unclear how many guests were on the boat when it set sail from Turkey.Police have not yet divulged the citizenships of the casualties.
Greece has actually seen a 25 percent increase this year in the variety of migrants showing up, with a 30 percent boost alone to Rhodes and the southeast Aegean, according to the migration ministry.Several comparable events have occurred in past weeks, the last in early November when four individuals died near the island of Rhodes.In late October, two people passed away near the island of Samos.
4 more, consisting of 2 babies, were lost near the island of Kos a few days previously, Greece&& s media reported.