At least 11 migrants, including five children, drowned and about 10 were missing after their boat sank overnight off the Greek island of Farmakonisi, Greek maritime police said Wednesday.
Twenty-six people were saved and a search was under way in the southeastern Aegean Sea for other survivors from the capsized wooden boat.
A Greek army helicopter was pressed into service with a vessel from the European Union’s border agency Frontex to aid the search, they said.
The dead also included two women and four men.
Witnesses said the boat had sunk despite a calm sea and feeble winds.
On Tuesday, at least six children died when a boat carrying Afghan migrants sank in Turkish waters while on its way to Greece.
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