A refugee boat trying to sail from the Turkish coast to ultimately Great Britain crashed killing sixty-one of the people on board. The boat contained 102 illegal refugees and crashed against a set of rocks along the Turkish Coast, just 50 meters from shore. Some were able to swim away, while others were trapped underneath. 29-31 children were among the casualties (depending on the source) and 3 of the killed were babies. Many of the people on board were Iraqi, Palestinian and Syrian, presumably trying to escape the harsh Syrian Civil War. This story shows the ripple effect the war is having, effecting countries outside of Syria itself.
Sources:
The local from from Turkey itself. Has the most information on the story:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/61-refugees-drown-to-death-as-boat-sinks.aspx?pageID=238&nID=29589&NewsCatID=341
Another very detailed article comes from Al Jazeera in Qatar:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/09/20129692748907760.html
From the Irish Times:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0906/breaking46.html
From Ahram Online (Egyptian):
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/52147/World/International/-dead-after-boat-of-illegal-immigrants-sinks-off-T.aspx
From the Times of India:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Rufugee-boat-sinks-in-Turkey-58-dead/articleshow/16282662.cms
From Mail and Guardian (South Africa):
http://mg.co.za/article/2012-09-06-death-toll-in-turkey-refugee-boat-sinking-rises
From the United States:
Los Angeles Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/09/boat-sinks-turkey-syrians-iraqis-dead.html
CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/06/world/meast/turkey-boat-sinks/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
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