play Live Sign upShow navigation menuplay Live Click here to searchsearchSign upNews|MigrationAt least 14 dead after migrant boat crashes into Turkish coastguard vesselCollision involving inflatable boat carrying migrants or refugees occurs off Finike district of southwestern Turkiye’s Antalya province.
Listen to this article | 1 mininfoA coast guard boat escorts a small Turkish ferry carrying migrants who are deported to Turkey on April 4, 2016 as they arrives at the port of Dikili district in Izmir [File: Ozan Kose/AFP]By ReutersPublished On 9 Mar 20269 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share
googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoAt least 14 people have been killed when an inflatable boat carrying migrants or refugees crashed into a Turkish coastguard vessel off the southwestern province of Antalya, the coastguard says.
The high-speed boat was detected early on Monday off the coast of the Finike district of Antalya, the coastguard said in a statement, adding that the boat tried to flee despite repeated warnings to stop. It later collided with a coastguard vessel, the statement said.
It said six migrants and one Turkish national were rescued but 14 people were found dead and 15 were caught after continuing in their boat until they reached land.
