{"id":233697,"date":"2024-10-16T17:35:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T17:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/16\/four-killed-as-boat-carrying-migrants-capsizes-off-greece\/"},"modified":"2024-10-16T17:35:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T17:35:55","slug":"four-killed-as-boat-carrying-migrants-capsizes-off-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/16\/four-killed-as-boat-carrying-migrants-capsizes-off-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Four killed as boat carrying migrants capsizes off Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Athens, Oct. 16,\u00a0(dpa\/GNA)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Four migrants including two children were killed in a boat accident north-east of the Greek island of Kos, Greek broadcaster ERTNews reported on Wednesday, citing the coast guard.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-seven people were rescued, but two women and two children aged 3 and 5 years old reportedly could not be saved.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate large-scale operation south of the island of Crete, 98 migrants were rescued, while authorities were still searching for 10 missing people.<\/p>\n<p>The latest incidents came three weeks after three women and one girl died when a rubber dinghy carrying 30 migrants capsized amid strong winds off the island of Samos.<\/p>\n<p>The number of refugees in Greece has increased this year compared to last year. 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