
via ISLAM http://on.fb.me/1PIk1lv Refugee boat sinks in Aegean Sea: 12 dead Children were among the dead when refugee boat sank off west coast of Turkey 21 JANUARY 2016, 01.29 At least 12 people, including children, are dead after a boat carrying refugees sank in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast, according to the Izmir Mayor Mustafa Toprak. The incident occurred in Foça town of Western Izmir province on Tuesday. The Turkish coast guards have rescued 26 people, while the search continues for others on the boat, which was carrying 50-60 people. Two people were detained on suspicion of organizing human trafficking. EU counts on Ankara to disable flow More than one million refugees arrived in Europe by sea in 2015, according to the figures of United Nations Refugee Agency. The EU is counting on Ankara to stem the flow of refugees from Turkey into the EU countries. A large number of the total arrivals are Syrian people fleeing the Syrian civil war, which has killed more than 250,000 people and displaced half of the population. At least 11 million Syrians became homeless due to the Syrian Civil War; 7.6 million of the total internally displaced and the remaining are living as refugees in different countries. Like Us; ISLAMISTAN ISLAMIC NEWS
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