At least sixteen people died when a migrant boat sank in the Aegean, Greece's coastguard said early Saturday, just hours after a similar incident claimed another 11 lives.
The latest tragedy -- the third since Wednesday -- came amid high smuggler activity not seen in Greek waters in months.
Hours earlier, 11 bodies were recovered from a boat that ran aground on an islet north of the Greek island of Antikythera on Thursday evening.On Wednesday, a dinghy carrying migrants capsized off the island of Folegandros, killing at least three people.The UN refugee agency UNHCR said the Folegandros accident was the worst in the Aegean Sea this year.
Earlier Friday, the coastguard had intercepted another boat with 92 men and boys on board after it ran aground on the coast of the Peloponnese peninsula.The UNHCR estimates that more than 2,500 people have died or gone missing at sea in their attempt to reach Europe from January through November this year.
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