At least 12 migrants have drowned after a boat capsized near the Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea.

Axar.az reports, citing foreign media, that according to Greek coast guard, minors were among those killed, according to the report.

Meanwhile, Kathimerini reports that the number of migrants arriving on the islands of Gavdos and Crete has risen sharply in recent days. Between September 11 and 14 alone, 744 people were rescued at sea, while a total of 1,610 migrants arrived on the islands during the first two weeks of September, according to the Greek coast guard.

Giorgos Sfakianakis, head of the coast guard employees’ union in eastern Crete, said that since the beginning of the year, 14,929 migrants had landed or been rescued at sea in the area in 322 incidents.