Coast guard police has found the bodies of 18 immigrants who were trying to enter Greece from the Aegean.
Their boat capsized early Friday.
A 20-year-old man found alive Friday told authorities there were 28 people on the crowded boat, including its Turkish owner, when it capsized off the northeastern island of Lesvos, near the Turkish coast. The man, who has been hospitalized, is the sole survivor found so far.
A coast guard spokeswoman said the migrants were “of Asian origin” without specifying further.
Last September, in a similar shipwreck in the Aegean, 60 immigrants died, amongst them 31 children…
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