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İZMİR- The death toll rose to 18, including six children when the people went to the island of Lesbos in Greece from Dikili with a wooden boat. The migrants boat sank off the Turkish coast in the Aegean Sea.

The immigrants tried to go Lesbon island of Greece from Dikili with a wooden boat. The wooden boat capsized near Bademli village of Dikili district of İzmir. After picking up the distress calls, the Coast Guard crews launched a search and rescue operation. The bodies of eight people were withdrew from the sea. The number of corpses were taken from the sea rose to 18. The authorities informed that 21 have been rescued, the missing 2 people have been searched.

42 people have lost their life in three days as result of sinking of the boats in the Aegean Sea.

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