One Migrant Drowns As Boat Sinks Off Turkey: Coastguard

Umer Jamshaid Published January 15, 2019 | 05:01 PM

Coastguards on Tuesday recovered a dead body after a boat loaded with dozens of migrants sank off western Turkey, the authorities said in a statement

Istanbul, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Jan, 2019 ) :Coastguards on Tuesday recovered a dead body after a boat loaded with dozens of migrants sank off western Turkey, the authorities said in a statement.

The coastguard said it rescued 46 people after the vessel capsized off the Guzelcamli region in the Aegean province of Aydin.

The identity of the migrants was not immediately known.

Initial testimonies revealed there were no missing migrants, the Turkish coastguard said.

Turkey has been a main transition route for people trying to reach Europe, especially since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011.

The number of migrants coming to Europe has declined since hitting a peak in 2015 when more than a million people landed in Greece from Turkey, mainly on boats.

Turkey and the European Union reached a deal in 2016 to stem the flow, with Ankara agreeing to take back migrants landing on Greek islands in exchange for incentives including financial aid.

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