11 children drown at sea

At least 11 migrants, including five children, drowned and about 10 were missing after their boat sank off the Greek island of Farmakonisi, Greek maritime police said on Wednesday.

Twenty-six people were saved and a search was underway in the southeastern Aegean Sea for other survivors from the capsized wooden boat.

A Greek army helicopter was pressed into service with a vessel from the European Union's border agency Frontex to aid the search, police said.