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Migrant crisis: 25 drown off Turkish coast including many children

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Migrant crisis: 25 drown off Turkish coast including many children

At least 13 children and 12 adults are reported drowned after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off the west coast of Turkey.

The Aegean Sea’s latest disaster on Sunday, near the town of Didim, came just hours before crucial EU talks with Ankara on trying to solve the migrant crisis and highlights how rapidly it is spiralling out of control.

Separately, 13 people of Pakistani and Afghan origin were rescued from a sinking inflatable boat off the Greek island of Kos on Sunday.

More than 320 Greece-bound migrants have drowned this year alone according to the International Organization for Migration (…)

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