In Greece, at least 12 migrants die in two accidents in the Aegean Sea

Twelve migrants, including an infant, died Monday October 19 during two different accidents off the Greek islands of Lesvos and Samos, in the Aegean Sea, we learned from the coast guard.

In addition to a first accident which cost the lives of six people off the coast of the island of Lesvos (north-eastern Aegean Sea), a second occurred at dawn on Monday, 3.7 nautical miles from the coast of Samos, in the eastern Aegean Sea. “The migrants' boat sank and six people were recovered without life, while 14 people survived,” said a coast guard official.

During the first accident which occurred very early on Monday, "a fast migrant boat collided with the left flank of the port police patrol" off the Greek island of Lesvos in the Aegean Sea, according to this official.

“Six people including a man, four women and an infant were discovered dead, while eight people survived,” she said.

During the second accident, "the migrants' boat capsized and six people - five men and a woman - were rescued without life", according to the same source. Fourteen people, including a suspected Iranian smuggler, survived.