Greek authorities said that at least 12 migrants, including a child and several women, drowned after a boat sank in the Aegean Sea.
Today, Monday, 19 October 2026, Greek authorities announced that at least 12 migrants had died while attempting to cross the Aegean Sea after a migrant boat capsized and collided with a police vessel, and that the bodies of six had been recovered.
A Greek coast guard official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that among the six people who died near the island of Lesbos as a result of the collision were an infant and four women.
The coast guard also indicated that the other six migrants consisted of five men and a woman who were on a small boat that sank near the island of Samos. At the same time, (14) other people aboard that boat were rescued; one of them is suspected of being the organizer of the journey.
According to official figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), since the beginning of this year, at least (1209) migrants have drowned or gone missing while migrating in the Mediterranean Sea.
