Image copyright AFP Image caption The lorry crashed through a barrier and plunged 20m

At least 22 people, including a number of children, were killed in Turkey when a lorry carrying migrants plunged off a road, state media say. The nationality of the migrants was not made clear nor was it known where they were heading, although it has been confirmed that children are among the dead. The vehicle, believed to be a lorry, was travelling from Aydin towards the Aegean city of Izmir when it flipped over and fell into the river several metres below, state-run Anadolu news agency said. Turkey became one of the main launch points for more than a million migrants taking the sea route to EU countries in 2015, many fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East and Africa. A million migrants crossed from Turkey into Greece in 2015, mostly by boats, in a crisis which forced a deal between Ankara and the EU to stem the flow of people. But the flow of irregular migrants fell dramatically after the EU and Turkey signed an agreement to send back to Turkey migrants who did not apply for asylum or whose claim was rejected.
At least 22 people are killed in Turkey after a lorry carrying migrants plunges off a road.