Turkish boat disaster reveals new route for migrants
A boat disaster near Istanbul shows the emergence of a new smuggling route to take migrants via Turkey into the European Union.
![Rescuers retrieve a boat that sank off the Black Sea village of Garipce near Istanbul Rescuers retrieve a boat that sank off the Black Sea village of Garipce near Istanbul November 3, 2014. Rescuers pulled 24 dead bodies from the sea at the mouth of Istanbul's Bosphorus strait on Monday and rescued seven people after the boat carrying a group of migrants sank, the Turkish Coastguard Command said. Seven coastguard vessels and a helicopter were continuing search operations in the Black Sea, some 3 miles (5 km) north of the Bosphorus, the coastguard said in a statement. Media reports said some](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/11/RTR4CLNB.jpg/RTR4CLNB.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=AUl_H619)
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