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Eleven Migrants Die After Boat Sinks Off Turkey

Agence France-Presse

   ISTANBUL - Eleven migrants, including eight children, died Saturday
   when their vessel sank in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey, state
   news agency Anadolu reported.

   The boat sank offCesme, a popular tourist resort in western Turkey
   opposite the Greek island of Chios, Anadolu said, adding that eight
   others were rescued.

   The nationality of the victims was not yet known.

   The sinking came hours after another boat sank in the Aegean near the
   Greek island ofPaxi, leaving at least 12 dead.

   Turkey has taken in around4million migrants and refugees,mostof them
   Syrians, and is an important transit country for those fleeing
   conflicts and seeking to reach Europe,largely via Greece.

   An agreement reached in March 2016 between Ankara and the European
   Union succeeded in considerably reducing the number of people arriving
   on the five islands closest to Turkey.

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