17 March 2018•Update: 19 March 2018
By Tony Rigopoulos
ATHENS
At least 15 migrants drowned on Saturday in the Aegean Sea, off the Greek Agathonisi Island's coast, local media and officials said.
Twenty migrants were aboard a wooden boat which sank, Athens Macedonian News Agency reported.
The fatalities include five children and 10 adults, a spokesman for the Greek Coast Guard told Anadolu Agency.
Two women and a man managed to swim to the shore of the island unharmed.
A rescue operation in the area is underway, according to local media reports.
