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Nine dead as migrant boat sinks off Turkish coast
ISTANBUL, Aug. 9, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Nine people died on Thursday when a
boat carrying migrants sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast, local media reported.
The mishap occurred off Kusadasi district of Turkey’s southwestern province
of Aydin, the state-run Anadolu Agency said.
Hurriyet daily said the boat was carrying 13 illegal migrants on route to a
Greek island and four were rescued.
The Aegean Sea was once the main route for migrants being smuggled into
Europe via Turkey. A deal signed between Turkey and the European Union in
March 2016 has reduced the flow of illegal migration.
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