According to the Associated Press, who spoke to the Greek coast guard, at least 34 Syrian and Afghan refugees died on Sunday, including 15 children, off the coast of the Greek island of Farmakonissi as people try to use overcrowded or poorly built boats to bring them to the island.
That wooden boat sank due to high winds and rough seas, the coast guard said. Two coast guard vessels and a diving team searched the waters off Farmakonissi looking for survivors or bodies on Monday, the AP reports.
The coast guard said that it rescued 1,429 people at sea in 58 incidents in the waters off more than a half dozen islands this weekend alone. Photos captured this weekend show a group of Syrian and Afghan refugees and migrants trying to save themselves after a dinghy that they were traveling on deflated……
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