UN refugee agency urges Greece to investigate incident in which a total of 12 people are feared to have drowned
Greek officials say the bodies of a woman and an 11-year-old boy have been found a day after a fishing boat crammed with migrants capsized in the dark, leaving 12 people feared drowned in the Aegean sea.
A coastguard statement says the two bodies were found on Tuesday by authorities on the nearby Turkish coast. At the time of the accident the crippled vessel was being towed by a Greek patrol boat after its engine had failed as it was trying to reach Greece illegally.
Wednesday's statement says photos of the bodies were identified by some of the 16 survivors. Their nationalities were not announced.
The United Nations refugee agency has expressed dismay at the accident, urging Greece to investigate the circumstances. Greek authorities say the boat capsized during a panic after two passengers dived overboard.
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