Greece: Children among dead in migrant boat sinking

Some of the nine men who survived a shipwreck and were found on an uninhabited islet are covered with a thermal blankets as they sit aboard a Greek coastguard vessel in the Aegean Sea (Greek coastguard/AP)

At least five children are among the 22 people confirmed dead in the sinking of a boat carrying migrants, Greece’s coastguard said.

A search and rescue operation continued on Thursday morning for a further 34 people still reported missing.