Lesbos

Dozens of policemen deployed to two eastern Greek islands to quell protests over planned new migrant detention centers have been injured during two days of clashes with local residents, authorities said on Feb. 26.

At least 15 people, including a child, drowned when an inflatable boat carrying refugees and migrants sank off Greece's Lesbos island, officials said on April 24.

Eight bodies were recovered in Greek territory and another seven in Turkish waters, a Greek coastguard official said. The boat is believed to have set sail from Turkey late on April 23.

Twelve migrants drowned Oct. 16 when their boat sank off the Turkish coast as they were seeking to reach Greece, while around 25 others were rescued, the Anadolu news agency reported.

The Turkish coastguard recovered the bodies from the wooden boat, which had sailed from northwest Turkey's seaside town of Ayval?k headed for the Greek island of Lesbos, the Turkish news agency said.