Turkey coast guard launches search for ten migrants after boats sinks
It said authorities launched the rescue operation after two of the migrants managed to swim to shore to seek help.
Published: 12th November 2018 05:17 PM | Last Updated: 12th November 2018 05:17 PM | A+A A-
A boat carrying migrants image used for representation. (File | AP)
ANKARA: Turkey's state-run news agency says the country's coast guard has launched a search-and-rescue mission to locate ten migrants who are reported missing after their boat sank in the Aegean Sea.
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Anadolu Agency says the boat went down on Monday off the coast of Dikili, in Izmir province, close to the Greek island of Lesbos.
It said authorities launched the rescue operation after two of the migrants managed to swim to shore to seek help.
There was no immediate detail on the nationalities of the migrants.
Although their numbers have decreased in recent years, migrants still try to cross into Greece from nearby Turkey in the hopes of making their way to other European countries.
