Seven irregular migrants died on Thursday when their boat sank in Turkey’s Lake Van, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
The boat carrying 71 irregular migrants capsized in Lake Van off eastern Bitlis province and seven of them died, while 64 migrants were rescued, the governorship said in a statement.
The migrants were nationals of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, the statement added.
In 2018, some 268,000 irregular migrants were held in Turkey, according to the Interior Ministry.
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from Turkish Minute https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/12/26/7-migrants-die-after-boat-capsized-in-turkeys-lake-van/
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