10 migrants drown in Turkey boat accident

At least 10 people drowned after a boat carrying illegal migrants to Greece capsized off the Turkish coast, authorities said.

Coastguards rescued seven migrants in the Aegean Sea off the town of Cesme, reports said.

Earlier television reports said 12 people drowned and that the Coast Guard was searching for 18 migrants.

Authorities said they could not determine the exact number of migrants aboard the boat.

Thousands of migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa pass through Turkish waters each year to reach Europe.