At least 16 people have died after a migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea on December 24, bringing to at least 30 the combined death toll from three accidents in as many days involving migrant boats in Greek waters, The Guardian website reports today (December 26, 2021).
The sinkings came as smugglers favor a perilous route from Turkey to Italy, which avoids Greece's heavily patrolled eastern Aegean islands.
The Greek coast guard said 62 people were rescued after a sailboat capsized on December 24, about five miles off the island of Paros in the central Aegean. Survivors told the coast guard that about 80 people had been on the vessel.
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