Migrants drowned on Lake Van in eastern Turkey, seven people were killed, 64 migrants were saved. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Anadolu agency.
The Van border province with Iran is a transit point for migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan who illegally cross the Turkish border and try to move to EU countries.
The German newspaper Welt, citing an EU internal report, previously reported that the number of migrants arriving in Europe through Turkey this year increased by 46% compared with data for the same period in 2018.