IZMIR - Two Tunisians were drowned as a boat carrying illegal migrants sank in Dikili town of Aegean city of Izmir, sources said on Sunday.
Sources noted that a boat carrying illegal migrants to Lesbos island of Greece sank off Kabakum beach in Dikili, and said that a coast guard boat went to the scene of the accident.
The coast guard boat rescued 15 Mauritanians, five Tunisians, and one Palestinian, added the sources.
The illegal migrants will be deported once legal proceedings are completed.