Five migrants drown off southwest Turkey

INA - SOURCES 

Five migrants drowned on Saturday in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s southwestern coast after setting out on a rubber dinghy, apparently towards Greece, the Turkish coastguard said.

“Eleven irregular migrants (10 adults, one child) were rescued, and the bodies of five irregular migrants were found,” the coastguard said in a statement.

The incident took place early Saturday off the town of Didim, in waters of the Turkish province of Aydin, they said.