Greek authorities say they have recovered a 13th body from a suspected accident involving a boat carrying illegal immigrants trying to enter the country by sea.A coast guard statement says the unidentified man’s body was found Thursday in the sea near the northeastern town of Komotini. The drowned bodies of twelve other adults have been discovered since the weekend along beaches near Greece’s border with Turkey. None were carrying identification documents.
Thousands of illegal immigrants from Asia and Africa enter European Union member Greece every year, usually making risky crossings from Turkey in boats that are not seaworthy.
Ten people died in October when a boat carrying Afghan families sank off the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos.
