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Boat sinks off western Turkey, kills 11 illegal migrants
January 12, 2020
ISTANBUL, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 illegal migrants, including eight children, were killed when a boat sank off Turkey's western coast, local media reported.
The accident occurred when a fiber boat carrying migrants sank in the Aegean Sea near the Cesme district of the western province of Izmir, the state-run Anadolu agency said.
The coast guard teams rescued another eight people from the sea, Anadolu noted, adding that there were a total of 19 migrants on board.
The nationalities of the migrants and their destination have not been clarified.
