33 people drowning in front of Lesbos

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33 people drowning in front of Lesbos

The Greek Islands are in sight, when the Desperate in the ineffectual boats climb. But the Aegean sea is not a wide river, as some like to tug on their Victims know, but a deadly danger.

At least 33 of the refugees and migrants are on the Turkish Aegean coast have been killed. Your boat is on the way to the Greek island of Lesvos capsized. As the Turkish news Agency Anadolu, citing the coast guard reported, are five children among the Victims.

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The mayor of Ayvacik in the province of Canakkale, reported the television channel CNNTurk news that residents of the cries of the Drowning has been awakened. Immediately be the rescuers to the aid have hastened.

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In spite of the winter weather gone, still every week thousands of people to the dangerous Crossing in the direction of the European Union. Only on Thursday, there were 24 refugees in the demise of your boat in front of the Greek island of Samos died, on Wednesday drowned seven people.

The sea route from Turkey to the offshore Greek Islands is since last year and the main route of refugees on the way to Europe. More than 850,000 people came to the 2015 in this way, more than 52,000 are it, according to the International organization for Migration (IOM) alone, since the beginning of January. Since then lost more than 200 people on the path their lives or are listed as missing.

rb/sti (afp, ap, dpa, rtr)