At least four people, two women and two childrenwho were aboard a small boat with other immigrants, died this Tuesday night at fall into the sea due to a sudden maneuver by the pilot near the coast of the Greek island of Kos, in the eastern Aegean, off the coast of TürkiyeAs reported by the Coast Guard Greece.
According to the authorities, ten people fell into the water as a result of the maneuver, of which four have been confirmed dead. A team made up of three coast guard ships and a private vessel They have rescued the other 27 occupants alive of the ship, which had left the Turkish country, and They are still combing the area for search and rescue operations, as reported by the Greek newspaper ‘Kathimerini’.
Furthermore, the Greek authorities have rescued another 81 migrants near the city of Kalamata, located at the southwestern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula, and Four people have been arrested for migrant smugglingexplained the public broadcasting network, ERT.
This group of people began their route on October 9 from the Turkish coast and headed to Italyjourney through which They paid about 8,500 dollars (about 7,800 euros) per person to smugglers. They are currently being held in warehouses at the port of Kalamata until they are assigned to a migrant facility.
Around 90 people have died in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea migratory route so far this yearamong them thirteen children, according to data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This figure amounts to 1,604 deaths taking into account the Western and Central Mediterranean routes, the latter being the deadliest of the three with more than 1,255 deaths in 2024.
In 2015 More than a million people, most of them Syrians fleeing the war in their country, arrived in Greece by boat from Türkiye, something that the Greek authorities they fear it will happen again following the Israeli military offensive in Lebanon and Gaza.
