At least 16 were killed while two refugee boats drowned off Turki and Greece Immigration news

Greek and Turkish coast guards are still searching for two people missing from the unrelated accidents.

Two refugee boats drowned in the narrow extension of the sea between Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbus, leaving at least 16 people, according to officials from both countries.

The incidents on boats, which carried together about 66 people, took place several hours on Thursday, with powers on both sides in efforts to save the other nation.

On the Greek side, the Coast Guard in the country said that one of the patrol boats coincided with a small boat with a length of about five meters (5.5 yards) who was taking water, and saved 23 people – 11 from the palace, eight men and four women – out of a total of 31 passengers.

The authorities later regained the bodies of seven people – three women, two hands, one girl and one man – after a search and rescue operation that included helicopters, coast guard ships, and European Border Border Agency.

The Greek Coast Guard said that the rescuers are still searching on Thursday evening for a young girl who was reported missing by the survivors.

The Coast Guard said that one of the survivors, who was identified only as a 20 -year -old man, was arrested on suspicion of being escaped from people after other passengers knew that they had tried the boats.

Separately in Turki, the authorities said from the northwestern Kanakali province that the Coast Guard received an emergency invitation to help from a boat early Thursday morning, and rescued 25 people after deploying three boats and a helicopter.

The statement said that nine bodies were recovered and the search for a missing person continued. Turkish media said that the survivors were transferred to a hospital in Turki.

Ships are very common on the short road, but the risks between the Turkish coast and the Greek islands near Samos, Rhodes and Liezbus, which act as entry points to the European Union for people who flee conflict and poverty.

The Greek government has taken strict measures as patrols increased at sea, and many smuggling rings have transformed its operations in the south, using larger boats to transport people from the northern coast of Africa to southern Greece.

Last year, more than 54,000 people used to become known as the Eastern Mediterranean Road heading to Greece, and more than 7700 small Earth borders in Greece with Turki, according to United Nations figures.

A total of 125 dead or missing people have been reported.