Overview
- Turkey’s coast guard detected a high-speed inflatable off the Finike district early Monday, according to an official statement reported by Reuters.
- Six migrants and one Turkish national were rescued from the crash site, authorities said.
- Fifteen others continued to shore after the collision and were apprehended on land, the coast guard reported.
- The boat attempted to flee after detection and later collided during the interception, the statement said.
- Separately in Libya two weeks earlier, at least five migrant bodies, including two women, washed ashore near Qasr al-Akhyar, and police requested a search for a child’s body that was seen but lost to the sea.