Drownings off island of Samos bring the number of people known to have died trying to reach Greece to 50 in five days The human tragedy unfolding on Europe’s southern periphery deepened on Sunday as the Greek coastguard announced that another 11 refugees, most of them infants, had died in their desperate attempt to reach the west – their deaths adding to the ever growing toll at sea. Pitiful images of rescue workers recovering babies from the cabin of a six-metre boat were played out off the Aegean island of Samos after a dingy capsized in stormy weather as it made the perilous crossing from Turkey. “We recovered 11 drowned bodies, ten of which were trapped inside the boat’s cabin,” one coastguard official was quoted as saying. Four babies, two children and four women were among the dead. Related: Lesbos volunteer tells of 'huge amount of trauma' as refugee boats capsize Related: Race against winter increases pressure on desperate Syrians to reach Greece Continue reading...
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