38 missing in the Aegean after migrant boat sinking

Authorities on the Greek island of Lesbos on Thursday searched for 38 people believed still missing after the sinking of a wooden boat carrying migrants.

Earlier, 242 people were rescued and three bodies were recovered.

At first light on Thursday, a helicopter from the European border protection agency Frontex joined the search by Greek coast guard vessels off the northern coast of the island.

At least 11 people, mostly children, died in five separate incidents in the eastern Aegean Sea on Wednesday as thousands of people continue to head to the Greek islands from Turkey in frail boats and stormy weather.