The forgotten shipwrecked migrants of the Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea, between Turkey and Greece, is a transit point for refugees fleeing the war in Syria or the Taliban in Afghanistan and trying to reach Europe. But their makeshift boats often sink. Off the Turkish coast, fishermen dread finding dead bodies in their nets... Rescuing shipwrecked migrants is now almost part of their daily routine. Our reporter has been to Dikili, a small Turkish fishing port just across the sea from the Greek island of Lesbos.