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The Turkish coastguard said it stopped 57 people in three boats on Thursday night.

Twenty-one others on board had been rescued earlier on Wednesday by the Turkish coastguard.

Television footage showed a crowded Turkish coastguard ship carrying rescued people to the shore.

The Turkish coastguard have rescued a baby who drifted out to sea off the coast of Ayvacik.

If the initial boat was apprehended by Turkish coastguards, a second, third or fourth trip would be free.

Others, left on the beach as the dinghy was too small, watched as the Turkish coastguard intercepted them.

Nine bodies were recovered in Greek territory and another seven in Turkish waters, Greek and Turkish coastguard officials said.

The Turkish coastguard confirmed it intercepted the raft at 1:20pm.

Turkish coastguards have pulled 24 bodies and seven survivors out of the Black Sea off the coast of Istanbul.

A boat carrying about 60 would-be migrants sank off the Turkish holiday resort of Marmaris, the Turkish coastguard said today.

Turkish coastguards rescued 75 others from the sea near the resort of Ayvacik on Saturday, according to the Anadolou news agency.

Photograph: Reuters The Turkish coastguard said five children and a woman died after the boats capsized and another three people were still missing.

Migrant numbers arriving in Lesbos have collapsed since the EU's recent deal with Turkey, which has seen the Turkish coastguard turning migrant boats back.

The Turkish coastguard said that in Saturday's incident the migrants had been trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos when their boat capsized.

Responding to a distress signal sent at midnight on Monday, the Turkish coastguard extended a search operation into Tuesday's daylight hours, Dogan News Agency reported.