18 migrants drown as boat sinks in the Aegean Sea

Sadraddin Ismayilov
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Baku. 19 December. REPORT.AZ/ Eighteen people drowned overnight when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea as it was heading for the Greek island of Kalymnos, Report informs citing Turkish media.

Another 14 people, among them Syrians, Iraqis and Pakistanis, were pulled to safety by the Turkish coastguard.

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