Two children among four killed in new migrant boat wreck off Samos

A boat carrying an unknown number of migrants from Turkey to Greece floundered on rocks off Samos on Thursday morning, killing four passengers, identified as two children and two women.

This was the second deadly shipwreck to take place off the eastern Aegean island this week, after another boat sank in the area on Monday, causing the death of another six children and two women.  

According to reports, 16 passengers from Thursday's wreck have made it safely to shore, while the Greek Coast Guard continues looking for survivors off the island's northeastern shore.

In Monday's incident, 39 people survived, though it was also unclear how many passengers were on the boat when it set sail from Turkey.