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Greek coastguard hits migrant boat in latest crisis

A man, two women, three children and a baby had drowned, the coast guard said but did not provide further details on the incident or the nationality of the victims.

The increase in arrivals has added to an already chaotic situation on the Greek islands, and Edwards said UNHCR staff had been briefly evacuated from a registration site on the island of Lesbos Thursday when violence flared there.

Twelve migrants drowned Saturday when their boat sank off the Turkish coast as they were seeking to reach Greece while around 25 others were rescued, the Anatolia news agency reported.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres said the country needs "massive support" from the European Community as winter approaches.

They are just a few of the more than 500,000 people fleeing war or poverty to enter Europe this year, majority via Greece and Italy, overwhelming border authorities and reception facilities.

Since the beginning of October 2015, more than 68 000 migrants have now crossed into Greece, with most - close to 42 000 - arriving on the island of Lesvos, the global Organization for Migration (IOM) said on October 16.

Most of the deaths occurred near the island of Kastellorizo, where an American-flagged sailing boat said it had rescued almost a dozen people, with a dead infant among them. Recent Russian airstrikes in Syria are also likely to trigger a renewed exodus of refugees, she said. He was unable to say how many people were on the bus. They finally reached Lesbos earlier this week, he said.

"People staying in tents (in Austria and Germany) are gradually being moved into buildings and shelters that can be heated, but this may take a few time", said Spindler of UNHCR. a few 11,000 asylum seekers arrived in Finland in September.

However, officials in the European countries are divided over how to deal with refugees.

Merkel, who travels to Istanbul on Sunday, says talks with Turkish leaders won't tie cooperation on the refugee issue to the country's future membership of the European Union.

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