The incident occurred off Greece’s Agathonisi island, which is close to the Turkish coast. Saturday’s incident was thought to be the highest death toll of migrants trying to reach outlying Greek islands for months. Greek coast guard vessels assisted by helicopters were searching for survivors. Hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants arrived in Greece and further west in 2015 from Turkey, making the short but precarious crossing. Under that deal, anyone who arrives on Greek islands must be returned to Turkey unless they qualify for asylum.

Source: bd News24 March 17, 2018 15:56 UTC