FOUR migrants died Monday (28) when their boat capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos, while 18 people were rescued, the coastguard said.
A patrol picked up 22 people in the Aegean but four of them were dead, a brief statement said.
The survivors were transferred to Mytilene, the main city on Lesbos, along the main passage route for migrants coming in from Turkey.
No details were given about the nationalities or the condition of those rescued.
In June, an overcrowded fishing trawler carrying up to 750 people who had been picked up in Libya sank off Greece.
Around 100 of them were saved, but it is thought that some 600 drowned, according to Greek figures.
Thousands of migrants, mostly from Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, have entered Greece in recent years from the sea and land borders with Turkey.
Following a strict migration policy, Greece has stepped up patrols in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey with the help of the European Border Surveillance Agency, Frontex.
(AFP)
Four migrants die in boat capsize off Greek island
Tragedy comes after a fishing trawler carrying up to 750 people sank off Greece in June
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During the hearing, Clifford denied all the charges except for the rape charge, which was added to the indictment at the session. (Photo: Hertfordshire Police /Handout via REUTERS)
Man pleads not guilty to murder of BBC presenter's family
A 26-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering the wife and two daughters of BBC sports commentator John Hunt in a crossbow and knife attack.
Kyle Clifford, who also faces charges of rape, appeared via video link at Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday.
Clifford, arrested in July after a manhunt, is charged with three counts of murder, one count each of rape and false imprisonment, and two counts of possessing offensive weapons – a 10-inch knife and a crossbow.
During the hearing, Clifford denied all the charges except for the rape charge, which was added to the indictment at the session.
He is expected to enter a plea for that charge at a later date.
The victims were Carol Hunt, 61, wife of horseracing commentator John Hunt, and their daughters Louise, 25, and Hannah, 28.
An earlier hearing revealed that Louise had been found tied up and that both she and her sister had been shot with a crossbow, while their mother had been stabbed with a knife.
The fatal attack occurred at the family’s home in Bushey, a commuter town near Watford, northwest of London.
(With inputs from AFP)