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トルコ西部のエーゲ海で1月30日、ギリシャに難民を運んでいた船が転覆し、ロイターは約40人が死亡、75人が救助されたと伝えた。
トルコの海洋警察当局は救助・捜索活動を続けている。船は全長17メートルで、少なくとも120人を運んでいたとみられる。乗船していたのはシリア、アフガニスタン、ミャンマー出身者で、死亡したうち5人は子供だという。
AP通信によると、船はレスボス島を目指してトルコを出航したが、直後に沈没したという。当時の気候は比較的穏やかだったと言うが、船の規模が海峡の航行に適していなかったとみられる。少なくとも10人の子供が乗っていたという証言もあり、犠牲者はさらに増える恐れもある。
シリアなどからギリシャを経由してヨーロッパをめざす難民が、海峡で死亡する事故が相次いでおり、AP通信は1月だけですでに250人以上が死亡したと伝えている。
トルコ沖、難民船が沈没（2016年1月30日）
TURKEY-EUROPE-MIGRANTS-GREECE(01 of09)
Turkish gendarmes carry the body of a migrant on a beach in Canakkale\'s Bademli district on January 30, 2016 after at least 33 migrants drowned when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, Turkey\'s state-run Anatolia news agency reported. \nThe migrants, who included those from Myanmar, Afghanistan and Syria, set sail from the Canakkale province to reach the nearby Greek island of Lesbos, Anatolia said. / AFP / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:OZAN KOSE via Getty Images)
Turkey Migrants(02 of09)
Remains of a boat that was carrying migrants seen on the shoreline near the Aegean town of Ayvacik, Canakkale, Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. A boat carrying migrants to Greece hit rocks off the Turkish coast on Saturday and capsized, killing at least 33 people, including five children, officials and news reports said. Some 75 other migrants were rescued. A Turkish government official said he expects the death toll from the incident to rise as rescue workers try to reach other migrants believed trapped inside the wreckage of the boat which sank shortly after departing from the Aegean resort of Ayvacik.(AP Photo/Halit Onur Sandal) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Turkey Migrants(03 of09)
Turkish paramilitary police officers collect the bodies of migrants after coast guard officials said 13 migrants died after their boat collided with a ferry off the Turkish coast near Ayvacik, Canakkale, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Turkey\'s coast guard agency said in a statement to its website that it intervened after being alerted that a commercial vessel hit a migrant boat and that bodies were in the water. An official at the agency says that eight people have been rescued and that search-and-rescue operations were ongoing.(DHA agency via AP) TURKEY OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
TURKEY-EUROPE-MIGRANTS-GREECE(04 of09)
Turkish gendarmes carry the body of a migrant who washed up on a beach in Canakkale\'s Bademli district on January 30, 2016 after at least 33 migrants drowned when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, Turkey\'s state-run Anatolia news agency reported. \nThe migrants, who included those from Myanmar, Afghanistan and Syria, set sail from the Canakkale province to reach the nearby Greek island of Lesbos, Anatolia said. / AFP / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:OZAN KOSE via Getty Images)
TURKEY-EUROPE-MIGRANTS-GREECE(05 of09)
Turkish gendarmes carry the body of a migrant on a beach in Canakkale\'s Bademli district on January 30, 2016 after at least 33 migrants drowned when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, Turkey\'s state-run Anatolia news agency reported. \nThe migrants, who included those from Myanmar, Afghanistan and Syria, set sail from the Canakkale province to reach the nearby Greek island of Lesbos, Anatolia said. / AFP / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:OZAN KOSE via Getty Images)
Refugee boat sinks off in Turkey's Canakkale, 33 dead(06 of09)
CANAKKALE, TURKEY - JANUARY 30: A boat, which was carrying refugees, is seen in the Aegean sea after it sank off close to coast of Ayvacik district, Canakkale, Turkey on January 30, 2016. At least 33 people, have drowned off the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey\n (Photo by Hanife Erdinc/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT-TURKEY-EUROPE-MIGRANTS-GREECE-REFUGEES(07 of09)
TOPSHOT - A sinking boat is seen behind a Turkish gendarme off the coast of Canakkale\'s Bademli district on January 30, 2016.\nAt least 33 migrants drowned on January 30 when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, Turkey\'s state-run Anatolia news agency reported. The migrants, who included those from Myanmar, Afghanistan and Syria, set sail from the Canakkale province to reach the nearby Greek island of Lesbos, Anatolia said. \n / AFP / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:OZAN KOSE via Getty Images)
Refugee boat sinks off in Turkey's Canakkale, 33 dead(08 of09)
CANAKKALE, TURKEY - JANUARY 30: A boat, which was carrying refugees, is seen in the Aegean sea after it sank off close to coast of Ayvacik district, Canakkale, Turkey on January 30, 2016. At least 33 people, have drowned off the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey\n (Photo by Hanife Erdinc/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Refugee boat sinks off in Turkey's Canakkale, 33 dead(09 of09)
CANAKKALE, TURKEY - JANUARY 30: Turkish Coast guard arrive with rescued refugees after a boat carrying refugees sank off close to coast of Ayvacik district, Canakkale, Turkey on January 30, 2016. At least 33 people, have drowned off the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey (Photo by Hanife Erdinc/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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