EUROPE-MIGRANTS/TURKEY DEATHS Turkish cost guard rescues more than 100 migrants at sea
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EUROPE-MIGRANTS/TURKEY DEATHS Turkish cost guard rescues more than 100 migrants at sea
- Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/TURKEY DEATHS Turkish cost guard rescues more than 100 migrants at sea
- Date: 24th August 2015
- Summary: BEHRAMKALE, TURKEY (AUGUST 24, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF A COAST GUARD FERRY CARRYING RESCUED MIGRANTS AND COAST GUARD BOAT AT SEA ANOTHER COAST GUARD BOAT SAILING TOWARDS THE AREA VARIOUS OF RESCUED MIGRANTS BEING TRANSFERRED TO COAST GUARD BOAT VARIOUS OF COAST GUARD BOAT CARRYING MIGRANTS SAILING TO MARINA COAST GUARD BOATS AT PORT VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS DISEMBARKING VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WAITING AT PORT VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS GETTING INTO BUS MIGRANTS SITTING IN BUS BUS CARRYING MIGRANTS LEAVING
- Embargoed: 8th September 2015 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Turkey
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA2XQONW6QNGTWKH3DTNUCDT2WJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The Turkish coast guard rescued around 107 migrants, mostly from Afghanistan and Syria, on Monday (August 24) off the coast of Turkey, across the Greek island of Lesbos. Two people drowned and five were believed missing when a dinghy carrying migrants capsized in the same area, in a separate incident.
Lesbos, which lies less than 10 km (six miles) from the Turkish coast, has seen thousands of arrivals in recent months, mostly refugees from the Syrian civil war. In the past week alone, aid groups believe numbers have exceeded 1,500 per day.
The migrants then head to the Greek mainland and try to make their way north through the Balkans. Long lines snaked through southern Serbia by foot on Monday before jumping on trains and buses north to Hungary and the last leg of an increasingly desperate journey to western Europe.
More than 2,300 people have died this year in attempts to reach Europe by boat, according to the International Organisation for Migration, mainly on the much longer crossing from North Africa to Italy. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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