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April 4, 2025

At Least 16 Asylum Seekers Drown in Pair of Shipwrecks Near Turkey and Greece
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At least seven people were killed Thursday after a boat carrying
refugees capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos. Three of those
confirmed dead were children. Twenty-three survivors have been rescued.

Separately, authorities in Turkey say at least nine people died Thursday
in a shipwreck off its northern coast. According to U.N. data, 125
people were killed or went missing last year as they undertook the
perilous maritime journey between Turkey and nearby Greek islands in the
Aegean Sea.


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