Greek coast guard finds two bodies, 39 other migrants, on tiny island

FILE PHOTO: A Greek Coast Guard ship takes part in a search and rescue operation following a shipwreck off the island of Samos, Greece, November 25, 2024. REUTERS/Sofianos Drapaniotis/File Photo

ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek coast guard said it had found the bodies of two women and 39 other migrants on the tiny island of Farmakonisi in the Aegean Sea on Monday, and that an investigation was underway to determine what had occurred.

The circumstances of the deaths were unclear, they said.