World News | Migrant Raft Crashes into Rocks and Sinks off Turkish Coast, Killing 7. Nineteen Others Are Rescued
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A life raft carrying migrants crashed into rocks off Turkiye's Aegean coastal town of Cesme on Tuesday, killing seven people on board, the Turkish coast guard said.
Ankara, Jul 9 (AP) A life raft carrying migrants crashed into rocks off Turkiye's Aegean coastal town of Cesme on Tuesday, killing seven people on board, the Turkish coast guard said.
One person was rescued from the sea by a fishing boat which then alerted the coast guard. Eighteen others, including children, were rescued from the small island of Karaada near Cesme.
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Search and rescue efforts were continuing for one missing person, the coast guard said in a statement.
The coast guard said the survivors told them they were put in a life raft and left to drift by Greek authorities at a location close to Turkish territorial waters. It said the raft then struck rocks and sank.
Turkiye regularly accuses Greece of engaging in “pushbacks,” or summary deportations of migrants without access to asylum procedures required by international law. Greece denies sending newly arrived migrants back to Turkiye.
Greece serves as a major entry point for migrants seeking a better life in the European Union, most entering illegally from Turkiye aboard precarious boats supplied by traffickers.
A video shared by Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya on the social media platform X showed a coast guard boat rescuing migrants, including children, from the island.
The rescued migrants were in good health, according to the coast guard statement. (AP)
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