At least one refugee drowned, and 16 others are missing at sea, after their boat capsized off Spain’s Canary Islands Wednesday night. About 40 other refugees were rescued.
Meanwhile, at least 12 refugees froze to death on the Greece-Turkey border Wednesday. Turkey’s interior minister accused Greek border guards of expelling the refugees back into Turkey after taking their shoes and stripping them of some of their clothing. Greece denied the claims as “false propaganda.”