Sixty-one bodies have been recovered from an overloaded wooden boat which sank off Malaysia carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants, maritime officials said on Monday.
According to a group of Turkish fishermen, the Greek Coast Guard allegedly tried to sink a boat carrying Syrian immigrants on Thursday, Hürriyet daily reported.
At least five migrants - including a three-month-old baby - have drowned while on their way to Greece from Turkey. The group were trying to reach Europe on a speedboat, but it capsized off the Turkish coast. The EU this week offered Turkey billions of euros in aid to stop the spread of illegal immigration, as well as a fast-track to talks on membership talks.