12 migrants died while trying to cross the Aegean Sea: what is known
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Twelve migrants have died in the Aegean Sea near the Greek islands of Lesbos and Samos as they tried to reach Europe. In one case, a boat collided with a police patrol boat and in another, a small vessel capsized.
This is reported by Euronews .
Six people, including a baby and four women, have died in a collision off the island of Lesbos. A coast guard spokesman said a speedboat carrying migrants and a police patrol boat collided. Eight more people were rescued.
In another incident, a small boat capsized near the island of Samos. Six people died – five men and a woman. Another 14 people were rescued, including the alleged organizer of the migrant transport from Iran.
The Aegean Sea is one of the routes migrants take from Turkey to Europe.
According to the International Organization for Migration, at least 1,209 migrants have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea since the beginning of 2026.
Recall that in Indonesia, the passenger ship Virgo Transport 8 capsized and sank in the Java Sea with 243 people on board. Rescuers found 108 people, 6 passengers died, and another 129 are missing.
Earlier, the passenger ferry Express capsized near the northern coast of Cyprus , carrying 279 passengers and eight crew members.