Migrant child dies off Greece, others paddle across from Turkey


  • World
  • Saturday, 19 Sep 2015

LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) - A girl believed to be five years died on Saturday and 13 other migrants were feared lost overboard after their boat sank in choppy seas off the Greek island of Lesbos, the Greek coastguard said.

A second, exhausted group of around 40 people reached the island in a small boat following a traumatic journey from Turkey, having paddled through the night with their hands across 10 kilometres (six miles) of ocean after their engine failed.

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