Nine migrants died and 25 were rescued Thursday after their boat started sinking off the western coast of Turkey, officials said.
The incident took place on Thursday morning off the coast of Ayvacık, the local governor’s office and the coast guard said.
“As a result of search and rescue efforts, nine bodies were found and 25 migrants were rescued,” the governor’s office said in a statement, adding that the search was ongoing to find one missing migrant.
Their nationalities were not immediately known.
Shipwrecks are common on the short but perilous route between the Turkish coast and the nearby Greek islands of Samos, Rhodes and Lesbos, which serve as entry points to the European Union.
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