ATHENS, June 11, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – At least six people died on Tuesday when
a boat carrying migrants sank near the Greek island of Lesbos, the coastguard
said.
Assisted by an EU border patrol boat, the coastguard said it had rescued
57 people.
Scores of refugees and migrants have died this year while trying to cross
the Mediterranean.
Greece is hosting some 70,000 mostly Syrian refugees and migrants who have
fled their countries since 2015.