At least ten migrants, including five children, were drown on Saturday when their boat sank sank off the coast of Ayvacik, Turkey, a town across from the Greek island of Lesvos.

The migrants had set off from the district of Ayvacik in Canakkale province trying to reach the Greek island of Lesvos.

According to Turkish Zaman, 43 people were rescued by authorities and were hospitalised with hypothermia symptoms.

Dogan news agency said the migrants were of Syrian, Afghan and Myanmar origin.