Two babies among nine migrants who drowned off Turkey

ISTANBUL: The Turkish coastguard on Tuesday recovered the bodies of nine migrants, including two babies after their boat sank off the west coast while trying to reach Europe.

The coastguard said it discovered the boat half capsized just 25 meters (yards) from the coastline after it set off from the town of Seferihisar in Izmir province in an apparent bid to reach Greece.

The search was continuing in the Aegean, the coast guard said in a statement, adding that two survivors had been rescued.