Four dead in migrant boat capsize off Greece

Four migrants drowned Monday when their small boat overturned off the Greek island of Lesbos, the Greek coastguard said, with 10 now killed in accidents on the Greek side of the Aegean sea in October.

A coastguard spokesperson told AFP seven people were rescued from the latest boat to hit trouble in the Aegean around Lesbos. Another 24 men from the boat were found on the island's shore.

Most of the people on the boat, which capsized in strong winds, were believed to be Sudanese.

Lesbos and neighbouring islands such as Chios, Kos, Leros and Samos are popular targets for would-be migrants seeking to reach Europe from nearby Turkey.

Last week, the bodies of two women were found on the Chios coast after a boat carrying at least 29 people capsized. On October 7, four people were found dead off Lesbos.

On Friday, 17 people drowned off the Turkish resort of Bodrum, which is just five kilometres (three miles) from Kos.

The International Organization for Migration says that about 1,400 people have died trying to reach Europe on Mediterranean routes already this year.