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Tragedy in the Aegean as Over 12 Migrants Die in Separate Crossing Incidents
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Firstpost•19-10-2026, 13:26
Tragedy in the Aegean as Over 12 Migrants Die in Separate Crossing Incidents
- •Twelve migrants lost their lives in two separate incidents while attempting to cross the Aegean Sea from Turkey.
- •Six people died when a migrant speedboat collided with a Greek coast guard vessel south of Agrilia on Lesbos.
- •Rescuers recovered the bodies of four men, a woman, and an infant off Lesbos, while eight survivors were hospitalized.
- •Greek authorities arrested a 37-year-old Turkish national suspected of operating the boat and working as a smuggler.
- •In a separate incident, six more migrants died after a small boat capsized off the island of Samos, with 14 others rescued.
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The collision occurred when a speedboat carrying migrants from Turkey hit a Greek coast guard vessel and overturned about 3.5 nautical miles south of Agrilia on Lesbos.
Twelve migrants died in total across two separate incidents in the Aegean Sea on Monday. Six victims died after a boat collided with a police vessel off Lesbos, and another six died when a small boat capsized off Samos.
Authorities arrested a 37-year-old Turkish national among the survivors of the Lesbos boat crash, identifying him as the suspected smuggler and operator of the vessel.
