A boat has capsized off the coast of Turkey drowning at least twenty two migrants attempting to reach the shores of the Greek island of Kos.

The Turkish Coastguard says it was able to rescue a further 200 people and bring them back to shore.

The group was reportedly attempting to cross the Aegean Sea when it went down near the Datcha peninsula, not far from Bodrum, where Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi’s body washed up two weeks ago.

Greece is on the frontline of the migration crisis sweeping Europe.

Euronews discussed the issue with Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Syriza Party, who recently stepped down as Greek prime minister.

“When three-year-old children are getting washed up on our shores, then what is really washed up is European civilisation. We have to take responsibility collectively as a European family and come up with a solution to this problem. We must not have this attitude of “we have it in our neighbourhood, but the others who have it in their yard have to solve it.”