6-year-old drowns off Farmakonisi coast: 21 immigrants rescued after boat sinks in the Aegean

A 6-year-old girl drowned when a small boat crammed with immigrants trying to enter Greece illegally sank off an eastern Aegean Sea islet. The Shipping and Aegean Ministry says 21 people, mainly Syrians, were rescued after the vessel foundered for unknown reasons on Wednesday off Farmakonisi. The nationality of the drowned child was not available. Uninhabited Farmakonisi, just off the Turkish coast, is regularly used by human trafficking rings to drop off people who pay them handsomely to be clandestinely taken into Greece. 
(15.05.2013) EnetEnglish
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