{"id":153420,"date":"2015-09-20T13:13:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T13:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=153420"},"modified":"2015-09-20T13:13:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T13:13:31","slug":"migrants-die-in-turkey-ferry-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/migrants-die-in-turkey-ferry-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrants die in Turkey ferry collision"},"content":{"rendered":"
At least 13 migrants have died after their dinghy and a ferry collided off Turkey, the coastguard there says.<\/p>\n
The accident happened close to the port of Canakkale. The boat was reportedly on its way to the Greek island of Lesbos.<\/p>\n
The coastguard said eight people were rescued, with one seriously injured, and the operation is ongoing.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile tens of thousands of migrants continue to cross Balkan borders, many of them now passing into Austria.<\/p>\n
Long queues of both people and traffic have been reported at Slovenia’s borders with Croatia and Austria amid tighter restrictions.<\/p>\n
Austria, Hungary and Croatia have all accused each other of failing to deal effectively with the new arrivals.<\/p>\n
Turkey’s coastguard said it raised the alarm after being told that a commercial vessel and a migrant boat had collided off Canakkale.<\/p>\n
It is believed to be the second migrant boat to have sunk between Turkey and Greece on Sunday.<\/p>\n
In the other incident, Greece’s coastguard said it had rescued 20 people spotted in the water near the island of Lesbos – a further 26 people are feared to be missing.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, a five-year-old girl died and 13 people were left missing after their boat also sank off Lesbos.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n