PRAYER NEED
Twelve migrants, among them a baby, die as boats capsize off Greece’s Lesbos and Samos
What happened
Twelve migrants died on Monday, 19 October, in two separate capsizings in the eastern Aegean Sea, Greece’s coast guard said. Six people, among them a baby, died off Lesbos after their speedboat collided with a coast guard vessel, and six more died off Samos when a speedboat overturned. Survivors were rescued from both boats, and the coast guard was still searching for three people reported missing.
Families are grieving twelve people who died trying to reach Greece by sea, among them a baby.
People affected
- Lives lost
- 12
- Missing
- 3
Pray for
- Families of the twelve people who died, among them a baby
- The three people still missing, and those searching for them
- Survivors, and those caring for them on Lesbos and Samos
- Safety for people making dangerous journeys across the sea
3 people have pledged to pray