The Turkish coast guard says it has rescued 81 migrants who had tried to reach Greece via the Aegean Sea in rubber dinghies. They accused Greek officials of pushing the migrants back into Turkish waters illegally.
A two-month-old baby was recovered dead from the wreckage of a migrant boat off Lesbos on Friday. The child's mother is believed to have reached the island and is now missing.
Greek police have arrested three Greek nationals and six foreigners in a migrant smuggling crackdown. The suspected smugglers had been bringing migrants from Turkey across the Evros River to Greece for months, charging thousands of dollars per individual.
Turkish officials say they have rescued another 67 migrants in Aegean waters. The migrants were pushed back by Greek forces patrolling the waters, Turkish authorities claim. Greece denies being involved in pushbacks.
A group of 56 migrants was rescued by a tanker in the Eastern Mediterranean this weekend. More and more people are trying to travel from Turkey to Italy, often running into trouble off the western coast of Greece.