Five people died, including four children, and dozens were rescued Monday in two separate incidents involving migrant boats heading to Greek islands from nearby Turkish shores, Greek authorities said.
Three boats, carrying more than 300 migrants combined, are reported to have disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean while making a long and risky 1,700-kilometre journey from the coast of Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands.
Two tragedies unfolded at sea within days of one another, but the focus on the search for the Titan, a privately owned and operated submersible that ferried wealthy adventurers to the Titanic, eclipsed that of what could be the worst migrant boat disaster on record in the Mediterranean Sea.