One Dead, Four Missing After Immigrant Boat Sinks Off Turkey

ANKARA, Aug 22 (AFP) - One would-be immigrant drowned and four others were missing on Sunday after a boat carrying clandestine Afghan immigrants sank off Turkey's western coast, the Anatolia news agency reported.
The coast guard rescued 15 men from the waters after local fishermen alerted them to the mishap late Saturday just off the resort town of Altinoluk on the Aegean coast.
One body was pulled from the waters while rescue efforts were underway to find the remaining four men, the agency said.
Local officials were not immediately available for comment
Turkey lies on a major route for people-smuggling from Asia to western Europe, and illegal migrants are detained almost on a daily basis.
The migrants mostly attempt to reach Greece by land or brave sea journeys, often aboard unseaworthy vessels, to Greece or Italy, which are both European Union countries.