Yaşar Anter / Bodrum, March 14 () - A refugee boat capsized off the Aegean coast and Turkish-Greek teams launched a research and rescue operation to find eight refugees who have gone missing.

Meanwhile, some five refugees among 13 people in the boat were able to swim ashore and reach the Greek island of Kos.

According to the Greek online news portal 'www.enikos.gr', the boat that has set sail from Turkey's Aegean province of Bodrum capsized one mile off the Kos island.

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