Six Arab migrants die off Turkish coast-agency

ANKARA, Sep 26 (Reuters) Six Arab migrants heading for Greece died when their boat sank off Turkey's Aegean coast today, the state Anatolian news agency said.

Turkish coast guards rescued 31 people off the city of Izmir and were searching for two others who were on board.

The dead were three Tunisians, one Iraqi, one Algerian and one Palestinian, the agency said.

European Union candidate Turkey is a major transit route into Europe for illegal migrants.

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