The Greek Coast Guard has currently recovered the bodies of 15 migrants, who were on board a rubber boat that sunk yesterday east of the island.
The confirmation from the spokesman of the Coast Guard, Nikos Kokkalas, to the state TV station ERT.
The spokesman also said the victims were women.
9 were rescued in the Lesvos incident, but another 14 people are believed to be missing.
"The women - said Nikos Kokkalas - were completely in a panic".
According to what was reconstructed on board the dinghy that sank due to bad weather conditions, there would have been about 40 people.
Also yesterday, a sailboat sank near the island of Kythira.
In this case there is still no official death toll from the shipwreck, but unfortunately they are feared missing.
There would have been 95 people on board here too.
The operation was made difficult by the weather conditions.
In the Kythira area, winds reached a speed of 102 kilometers or 63 miles per hour.
Some of the survivors arrived ashore with a combined operation of ships at sea, firefighters and shore police who managed to locate 80 people.
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Greece, Kythira island, recovery of migrant bodies, 6 October
Greece has faced an increase in migratory traffic this year, with smugglers often using the longer and more dangerous route south of the country and setting sail from Lebanon instead of Turkey, to bypass patrols in the Aegean Sea and reach Greece. 'Italy.
The Coast Guard said it saved about 1,500 people in the first eight months of the year, up from less than 600 last year.
Greece has rejected claims by human rights groups that many migrants have been illegally returned to Turkey without being allowed to apply for asylum.