Greek coastguard searches for migrants feared missing at sea near the island of Samos

Greece’s coastguard on Thursday said it was looking for four migrants believed to be missing at sea after falling out of a smuggling speedboat.

The coastguard said it had rescued 18 migrants near the Aegean island of Samos, who said another four people had fallen out of the speedboat.

Greek patrol boats and helicopters are searching the area, assisted by an EU border vessel, the coastguard said in a statement.