Greek officials say that four migrants, including two children, died when a boat struck rocks near the Greek island of Samos.

The Greek coast guard on Monday said 36 survivors were found on a rocky shoreline on the Greek island of Samos after a small boat carrying an unspecified number of migrants sank off the coast of the island.

Four migrants, including two children and two women, died after boat sank off Samos in Aegean Sea, Greece in second shipwreck on Greek island

Eight people, including six children, have died when a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of the Greek island of Samos.

Greece's coast guard has recovered the bodies of four migrants - two women and two children - after their boat sank off the island of Samos in the Aegean Sea, authorities said on Thursday, the third such incident this month.

Greece, in the southeast corner of the European Union, has long been a favoured gateway to Europe for migrants and refugees from the Middle East, Africa and Asia. More than one million crossed from Turkey to Greece's outlying eastern islands in 2015-2016. Many have drowned while attempting the perilous journey on flimsy boats.

A ship sank near the Greek island of Samos, killing six children and two women, the Greek coast guard said.The Korea Coast Guard said eight people were killed

Six children among dead as boat sinks off Greek island of Samos - A search and rescue operation remains underway

Eight migrants, including six minors, drowned off the Greek island of Samos after a shipwreck. Authorities found 36 survivors, while aircraft and vessels aided the rescue. Greece remains a major entry point to Europe for migrants.

Six children died in the disaster, while the police found 36 survivors alive on Samos and three people were rescued.