
At least seven migrants died, including one boy, one girl and two women, when their boat sank on Thursday off the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece’s coastguard said.
The boat was detected by a patrolling coastguard vessel at about 2 a.m. (2300 GMT) north of Lesbos.
So far 23 migrants have been rescued and a search and rescue operation was still ongoing, a coastguard official said. It was not immediately