Boat Carrying Foreigners Who Try To Proceed To Greece Illegally Sank Off Rhodes Island

MARMARIS - The boat carrying 55 foreigners who were trying to proceed to Greece illegally sank on Saturday off Rhodes island.
The boat which departed from Marmaris carrying 15 Iraqis, 35 Jordanians and five Afghans sank off Rhodes island. Only one Iraqi was rescued.
Search and rescue efforts were continuing.
(GC-Öª) 21.12.2003