Aegean Sea yacht and dinghy capsizing

Greek authorities conducted a search and rescue operation Friday off the coast of a small islet in the eastern Aegean Sea near the Turkish coast after a dinghy carrying migrants to Greece capsized, the coast guard said.

At least 22 irregular migrants have been rescued in the Aegean Sea off Turkey's southwestern coast, said security sources on Aug. 4.

At least four people, including a baby, died when a dinghy carrying irregular migrants sank off Turkey's Aegean coast, security sources said on March 26.

At least 17 irregular migrants have been rescued in the Aegean Sea off Turkey's southwestern coast, said security sources on Oct .27.

The Greek coast guard on Sunday rescued 49 migrants on a rubber dinghy off the eastern Aegean island of Samos.

All migrants were safely transferred to the port of Karlovasi on Samos.

Their nationality was not immediately known.

At least 14 migrants, including four children, died when a boat carrying about 20 people capsized overnight in the Aegean Sea, Greek police said on March 17.

The Greek coast guard rescued 49 migrants off the coast of Samos in the Aegean early on Saturday.

The migrants were in a dinghy that was found east of the island.

They were all taken to the port of Vathy for medical checks.

The number of migrants who drowned after a Greece-bound boat capsized off Turkey's Aegean coast on March 6 has risen to 25 and Turkish authorities have detained two human smugglers over the incident.

A Turkish official, who previously put the toll at 18, confirmed the latest figure, saying the coastguard had found seven more bodies, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on March 7.

The Turkish Coast Guard has rescued 65 Afghan migrants in the Aegean, 13 of whom are children, after their dinghy capsized off the coast of Çeşme

One of the 15 migrants reported missing after a boat capsized off the Aegean resort town of Bodrum has been found dead.

A woman around 30 years old, who was among 15 migrants reported missing after a migrant boat capsized off Bodrum, a district in the Aegean Mu?la province, was found dead on Nov. 19.