Ankara: Some 222 refugees have been rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard off the Ayvalik coast of Turkeys western Balikesir province on Sunday.
The Turkish Coast Guard said the refugees had been en route to the Lesbos island of Greece in the Aegean Sea.
The refugees, of which 65 are children and 41 are women, are of Syrian, Palestinian, Tibetan and Indian nationalities, Turkish Anadolu News Agency (AA) reported.
They were brought to Cunda Island near Balikesir.
According to the International Organization for Migration, more than 220,000 migrants arrived in Greece by sea in October and more than 220 died in the waters between Turkey and Greece that month.
Since the start of the year, the organization has recorded 653,075 migrants arriving in Greece and 512 migrant deaths in the Aegean region.
QNA
