At least 14 refugees died when their inflatable dinghy capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish resort of Bodrum, according to the provincial governor.

The office of Mugla governorate said on X on Friday that an Afghan man who survived the disaster and swam back to the mainland had raised the alarm shortly after 1am (22:00 GMT).

The Afghan national told the emergency services that 18 people had set out on the rubber boat, but that it had taken on water shortly afterwards and sunk, according to the governor’s office.

Search and rescue teams found a second survivor who had managed to reach Celebi Island off Bodrum.

The office said four coastguard boats backed by a helicopter and a specialist diving team were conducting a search and rescue operation, looking for other refugees who remai

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