At least eight migrants drown in shipwreck off Greek island of Samos

A Greek coast guard ship takes part in a search-and-rescue operation following a shipwreck where at least eight migrants drowned off the island of Samos, Greece [Sofianos Drapaniotis/Reuters]

Greece’s coast guard has found the bodies of eight migrants, including six children, who drowned off the island of Samos, authorities said, in the second migrant shipwreck in the Aegean Sea this month.

Greek police found a further 36 people alive in the northern part of Samos on Monday, while three people, trapped in a rocky area of the island, were rescued by coast guard officers, the coast guard said.