Migrant infant found dead on arrival to Greek island
Greece's coast guard reports that an infant has arrived dead to an island on a boat carrying 34 other migrants
By AP News
Published - Dec 17, 2022, 04:00 PM ET
Last Updated - Jun 23, 2023, 05:33 AM EDT
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An infant was found dead upon arriving to a Greek island on a boat carrying 34 other migrants, authorities announced Saturday.
The coast guard said in a statement that a patrol vessel found the boat early Friday on a rocky shore near the town of Plomari on the island of Lesbos, close to the Turkish coast.
An ambulance arrived on the scene soon after, but a doctor merely confirmed the infant’s death.
Authorities were investigating, and an autopsy was pending. The coast guard did not say where the migrants were from.
