11 People Drown After Wooden Boat Capsizes Near Lesbos

At least 11 people – including several children – have drowned after a wooden boat overturned in rough waters near the island of Lesbos between Turkey and Greece.

Several smaller boats were swamped in the bad weather.

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The Greek coastguard says it rescued 242 refugees – the International Organisation for Migration says there could have been 300 people on board.

Volunteers have described it as a Day of Death.