5 Feb. () –
A woman and a child have died when the migrant boat in which they were traveling capsized in the waters of the Aegean Sea, the Greek Coast Guard reported this Sunday.
After recovering the lifeless bodies of the couple, rescuers found 41 migrants on a remote beach on the island of Leros, all survivors of the shipwreck.
Among them were babies, women and men with mobility problems, who have been transferred to the island’s identification center.
Next, the Coast Guard service has started a rescue operation to try to find other survivors of the shipwreck, according to the statement published by the newspaper ‘Kathimerini’, in its digital edition.
The search involves three Coast Guard vessels and a Super Puma helicopter by sea, as well as police officers on land.
