Immigration to Greece
Four migrants dead, 27 rescued off Kos island
Greece rescued 27 migrants and recovered the bodies of four dead people after their boat sank close to the island of Kos, the Greek coast guard said on Tuesday night.
Three coast guard ships along with a commercial vessel searched for more people in the area, the agency said.
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Greece says woman dies after migrant boat capsizes off Kos island
Greece has recovered the body of a woman and rescued 15 migrants from the sea after their boat capsized off the island of Kos in the eastern Aegean Sea on Friday, its coastguard said.
In a separate incident on Friday, the coastguard rescued 78 migrants from a wooden boat sailing some 23 nautical miles off the tiny island of Gavdos in Greece's south.
Migrant dies off Samos after smugglers ditch 31 people in the sea to avoid patrols
One migrant died after smugglers piloting a speedboat from Turkey to an Aegean Sea island forced their passengers into the sea on Tuesday to avoid detection by marine patrols, Greek authorities said.
The remaining 30 migrants on the vessel were unhurt, a coast guard statement said.
Türkiye rescues 116 irregular migrants
Turkish authorities reported on Monday that they had rescued 116 irregular migrants who were allegedly pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities.
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Turkish security forces rescue 65 migrants pushed back by Greece off İzmir
The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 112 irregular migrants, including 23 children. off the coast of İzmir province.
A statement from the Coast Guard Command's website said teams were dispatched after receiving information about a group of irregular migrants in rubber boats off Seferihisar and Menderes districts.
Migrant boat capsizes off İzmir
The Turkish Coast Guard has rescued 19 irregular migrants whose boats had capsized off the coast of the western province of İzmir, with teams recovering the bodies of seven others, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has said.
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Migrant smuggler opens fire on Greek coastguard vessel, reports say
A Greek coastguard vessel came under fire from a boat carrying undocumented migrants in the eastern Aegean, according to reports Friday.
Dozens of illegal migrants caught off western coasts
Turkish authorities have apprehended dozens of illegal migrants in the Aegean Sea, including those reportedly pushed back by Greece, officials said on June 23.
Early on June 21, the Coast Guard Command intercepted a rubber boat carrying 16 illegal migrants, including one child, off the coast of Muğla's Bodrum district.
Greece migrant boat disaster relatives demand answers, one year on
Demonstrators were due to rally in Athens on Friday to mark the anniversary of a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants off Greece and demand answers about the causes of the disaster and the fate of relatives.
At least two irregular migrants die off Turkish coast
At least two illegal immigrants have died after a rubber boat, carrying 20 people, drifted and was in danger of sinking due to engine failure off the southwestern town of Bodrum.