(VOVworld) – At least 7 people died, including 5 children, and tens of people went missing when four vessels carrying refugees sank in the waters between Turkey and Greece on Wednesday.

Rescue forces fished 7 bodies out of the sea and they continue to search for the missing (photo: smh.com.au)

More than 200 people were rescued from one sinking boat off the north coast of the Greek island of Lesbos. Rescue forces fished 7 bodies out of the sea and they continue to search for the missing. The latest accidents brought to 36 the number of refugees drowned Greek waters this month. Since the start of the year, 560,000 refugees and refugees have arrived in Greece by sea, out of 700,000 who have reached Europe via the Mediterranean. According to the International Office for Migration, more than 3200 people have died during these crossings, most of them children.