More than a dozen migrants die as boats sink off Greece and Turkey

A Frontex vessel takes part in a search and rescue operation, after the capsizing of a boat carrying migrants, off the coast of the north-eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, Greece (Panagiotis Balaskas/AP)

A boat carrying migrants from Turkey to a nearby Greek island sank, leaving at least seven people dead, including three children, Greece’s coast guard said.

Turkish authorities reported what appeared to be a separate sinking in the same area, with nine people dead.