The accident occurred close to the port of Canakkale.
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The Greek coastguard said it had rescued 22 people from a boat that sank off Lesbos, in what was suspected to be the same incident. The children’s bodies were recovered by the Turkish coastguard with reports from Greece indicating that another two children may still be missing.
“It was dark, we saw the ship bearing down on us”.
The passengers were thrown into the water. Many of them, particularly those who have lost family members, including children, are severely traumatized.
A section of the Patel community on Sunday said they are opposed to a planned rally against Narendra Modi when he visits the USA this week, even as another group in the Silicon Valley said they would hold protests against his government’s handling of the recent reservation agitation in Gujarat.
It is believed 46 people were on board the dinghy, which was heading towards the Greek island of Lesbos when it capsized. A boat carrying 46 migrants crossing from Turkey overturned off the coasts of the island. Thousands of migrants are now breaking official protocol walking thousands of miles across European borders to make their way to preferred countries including Germany and the UK.
The country’s interior ministry says that another 7,000 are expected Sunday at the main Nickelsdorf crossing, east of Vienna.
He said it will result in Hungary building a fence – similar to that it built on its border with Serbia – along its frontier with Croatia. Austria, Hungary and Croatia have all accused each other of failing to deal effectively with the new arrivals.
“We are a state that is more than 1,000 years old that throughout its history has had to defend not only itself, but Europe as well many times”, Szijjarto added.
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He said search-and-rescue operations were ongoing. Divisions in the EU over how to deal with the migrant crisis will also be discussed by European leaders at an emergency meeting in Brussels on Wednesday.
