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The Latest: 6 migrant children drown off Turkey’s coast

A Macedonian policeman denies the entrance in Macedonia, to a man who was found with fake identification documents, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. Macedonian authorities allow only refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq to cross their country as Greek police says about 1,400 migrants from other nationalities are stuck at the Greek-Macedonian border, sleeping in a shelter provided by charities, in hundreds of tents or in the fields. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
A Macedonian policeman denies the entrance in Macedonia, to a man who was found with fake identification documents, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. Macedonian authorities allow only refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq to cross their country as Greek police says about 1,400 migrants from other nationalities are stuck at the Greek-Macedonian border, sleeping in a shelter provided by charities, in hundreds of tents or in the fields. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos) A Macedonian policeman denies the entrance in Macedonia, to a man who was found with fake identification documents, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. Macedonian authorities allow only refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq to cross their country as Greek police says about 1,400 migrants from other nationalities are stuck at the Greek-Macedonian border, sleeping in a shelter provided by charities, in hundreds of tents or in the fields. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

By Associated Press 1 min read

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – The latest developments as tens of thousands of people make their way to Europe and across the continent, seeking safety and a better life. All times local.

1:10 p.m.

Turkey’s state-run news agency says six children have drowned after a rubber dinghy carrying Afghan migrants to Greece sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast.

The Anadolu Agency said the coast guard rescued five migrants from the sea on Tuesday and were still looking for two others reported missing.

The bodies of the children were recovered. Anadolu didn’t report their ages, but said one of them was a baby.

The migrants were apparently hoping to make it to the island of Khios from the resort of Cesme despite bad weather.

Turkey has stepped up efforts to stop migrants from leaving to Greece by sea. Last week, authorities rounded up around 3,000 migrants in the town of Ayvacik, north of Cesme, who were believed to be waiting to make the journey to the Greek island of Lesbos.