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The Latest: Romanian TV: 2 migrants die in Danube capsizing

In this photo made available by MSF, Doctors Without Borders on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, parents Otas, second left, and Faith, right,  pose for a photo with one of their sons Rollres, left, and baby Newman Otas, born on board MV Aquarius, on the Mediterranean Sea. The family were rescued from an overcrowded rubber boat 24 hours previously.  (MSF via AP)
In this photo made available by MSF, Doctors Without Borders on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, parents Otas, second left, and Faith, right, pose for a photo with one of their sons Rollres, left, and baby Newman Otas, born on board MV Aquarius, on the Mediterranean Sea. The family were rescued from an overcrowded rubber boat 24 hours previously. (MSF via AP) In this photo made available by MSF, Doctors Without Borders on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, parents Otas, second left, and Faith, right, pose for a photo with one of their sons Rollres, left, and baby Newman Otas, born on board MV Aquarius, on the Mediterranean Sea. The family were rescued from an overcrowded rubber boat 24 hours previously. (MSF via AP)

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – The Latest on Europe’s migration crisis (all times local):

2:45 p.m.

A Romanian television station is reporting that two migrants, including a 5-year-old boy, have drowned and six are missing after their boat sank last week crossing the River Danube from Bulgaria to Romania.

Romanian television Digi24, reporting from Bulgaria on Tuesday, says the bodies were found in the Bulgarian waters of the Danube after their boat capsized on Thursday. Authorities are searching for six others in the river, which forms part of the border between Bulgaria and Romania.

The station reported that another four migrants were rescued and were taken to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. The station said the migrants had come from Turkey and were trying to avoid Serbia, where border controls have been tightened up.