Kalolimnos

Kalymnos fisherman says his boat was rammed by Turkish port vessel

A fisherman from Kalymnos in the southeast Aegean has filed a complaint claiming that his boat was rammed off the coast of the nearby island of Kalolimnos by a Turkish port authority vessel.

The fishing boat is currently in Kalymnos where local port authorities are conducting an investigation.

Three killed, several missing as migrant boat sinks in Eastern Aegean

 

At least three people were killed and several are missing when a boat capsized in the early hours of Friday. The vessel was carrying illegal immigrants and refugees to Greece from Turkey.

The Greek coastguard that rushed to the scene discovered the body of one woman but two more bodies were recovered in Turkey’s territorial waters by the Turkish Coastguard a few hours later.

At least three dead after migrant boat sinks in the Aegean

At least three people have died and several people are said to be missing after a wooden boat carrying migrants sank near the Greek islet of Kalolimnos early Friday.

The Greek coast guard said that eight men, four women and one child were rescued. Up to 24 individuals had been traveling on the boat, one of the survivors said.

Seven migrants including two children drown off Greece

Greek authorities say a total of seven bodies, including those of two children, have been recovered from the sea off the eastern Aegean island of Kos after a boat carrying migrants or refugees sank early Jan. 27.

Rescue crews recovered the bodies of three men, two women, a boy and a girl. There were two survivors - a man and a woman.