Authorities said they received a distress call from the passengers on the vessel and a coast guard patrol boat located the vessel, semi-submerged, north of Samos. Twenty-two people were rescued, and survivors alerted the coast guard to the two missing passengers. The bodies of the missing — a man and a woman — were recovered in the early hours of Monday, the coast guard said. In another three incidents Sunday, more than 160 migrants reached Greece's eastern Aegean Sea islands in small boats from Turkey, according to the coast guard. Last week, two women and two children died off the eastern Greek island of Kos when a smuggling boat crossing from nearby Turkey capsized.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 21, 2024 10:19 UTC