Worsening weather brings more tragedy to eastern Aegean
UNHCR issued a news on 29 October saying that at least 15 people died, several of them children, and some 38 others are missing in five incidents involving smuggler boats carrying hundreds of refugees and migrants across a wind-whipped channel between Turkey and the Greek islands. In the most serious incident, a wooden boat that passengers said had been carrying at least 300 people sank in gale-force winds off the north coast of Lesvos Island Wednesday evening. 34 missing persons had been identified, in addition to four missing in other incidents Wednesday. The search for survivors of the shipwreck continued Thursday, but by midday there were no further reports of anyone being found. The sinking was one of five serious boat incidents on Wednesday and brought renewed pleas for help in the eastern Aegean. Alessandra Morelli, UNHCR’s Senior Operations Coordinator for Greece…