Seven folks have been pulled from the ocean however the seek for extra survivors continues.
At the least 14 migrants drowned when their boat collided with a coast guard vessel throughout a chase (Picture: Getty/archive picture)
At the least 14 migrants have drowned after a ship they have been travelling in collided with a coast guard vessel off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast throughout a chase. The collision occurred close to the coast of Demre, in Antalya province, on Monday (March 9).
The vessel, which was carrying Afghans, ignored calls to cease and tried at high-speed to flee coast guard boats, the state-run Anadolu Company quoted native Governor Hulusi Sahin as saying. Mr Sahin mentioned seven folks have been rescued from the ocean by coast guard groups and given fast medical care.
Fourteen others reached the shore the place they have been detained by law enforcement officials.
Search and rescue operations have been persevering with by land, sea and air to seek out any remaining survivors who may nonetheless be lacking.
Authorities have launched each a judicial and an administrative investigation into the incident, in accordance with Anadolu.
Information of the drownings comes after the United Nation’s migration company mentioned greater than 600 folks attempting to achieve Europe had been reported useless or lacking within the Mediterranean because the starting of 2026.
The Worldwide Organisation for Migration (IOM) mentioned the determine marked the deadliest begin to a 12 months within the Mediterranean because the company started recording such knowledge in 2014.
The IOM has mentioned a clampdown on authorized migration routes has compelled extra migrants into the fingers of individuals smugglers the world over.
At the least 7,667 folks died or went lacking on migration routes worldwide final 12 months, in accordance with the IOM.
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