Sixty one people died when a refugee boat carrying over 100 refugees sank off the coast of İzmir today, Doğan news agency reported.
Some of the refugees swam to safety onshore. The rescued refugees are reportedly from Iraq and Syria and are of Kurdish origin.
The boat's passengers, who were allegedly trying to enter European countries illegally, were mostly women and children.
61 dead as refugee boat sinks near İzmir
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