The body of a young unidentified boy is covered with plastic sheeting after washing up on the shoreline at the village of Skala, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. Authorities recovered more bodies on Lesbos and the Greek island of Samos Sunday as thousands continue to cross from the nearby coast of Turkey despite worsening weather. Greece is pressing the European Union for additional support for their massive daily search and rescue operations. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The latest as hundreds of thousands of people seeking safety flood into Europe in search of a new life. All times local.
5:25 p.m.
Greek rescue workers and volunteers have recovered four more bodies believed to be from refugee smuggling boats that sank near the Greek island of Lesbos.ˆ
The bodies of two men, one woman and a young boy were found early Sunday washed up on beaches in the Skala area of northern Lesbos - the stretch that has seen the heaviest traffic of asylum-seekers trying to get into Europe from Turkey. Late Wednesday, a wooden sailboat sank off the coast of Skala, killing at least 30 people. Dozens of others from the boat were believed to be still missing.ˆ
The number of smuggling boats crossing over to Greece from the nearby Turkish coast fell Sunday as strong winds raked the eastern Aegean Sea, but fishermen in Skala towed two stranded dinghies to safety. ˆ
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2:05 p.m.
Germany's governing coalition has not been able to agree on how to process migrants near the country's border who have no realistic chance of gaining asylum.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Merkel's meeting Sunday on the migrant surge with, Horst Seehofer, the head of Bavaria's Christian Social Union, part of Merkel's Union bloc, and Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, a center-left Social Democrat, ended without finding a solution for the "transit zones."
Seehofer wants border "transit zones" to weed out applicants who have little chance of winning asylum in Germany. But Gabriel has said his Social Democrats won't agree to a plan that could keep large numbers of people in custody at the border while their applications are processed.
Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert said the talks would resume Thursday.
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1:20 p.m.
Police say two Syrian asylum seekers were beaten with baseball bats by several masked attackers in the eastern German town of Wismar on the Baltic Sea.
Police in nearby Rostock said Sunday that the Syrian men, who were not identified, were standing outside their shelter on Saturday night when the group started harassing and beating them. The attackers then fled and the two asylum seekers had to be taken to the hospital and treated for their injuries.
Police have not been able to track down or identify the attackers yet and did not say how many people were involved in the attack.
Attacks against asylum-seekers and migrant shelters have increased sharply in Germany in recent months as refugees surge into Europe.
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12:55 p.m.
Greek authorities say 11 more people have drown on the dangerous crossing from Turkey to Greece after a boat carrying nearly 30 refugees sank in heavy seas near the eastern island of Samos.
A Greek Coast Guard spokeswoman says the victims Sunday include five women, four babies and two children. Fifteen other passengers have been rescued and there's an ongoing search for "one or two missing."
All but one of the victims were retrieved from the sunken 6-meter (20-foot) plastic boat, which lies in waters 3 meters (10 feet) deep just 20 meters (yards) off the Greek island's rocky coast.
Winds of up to 50 kph (31 mph) have been hitting the area.
A migrant child watches the rough sea after he aborted his effort on a dingy trying to travel from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Chios, near Cesme, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. Authorities in Greece say 21 people have died in other islands after two boats carrying migrants and refugees from Turkey to Greece sank overnight, in the latest deadly incidents in the eastern Aegean Sea. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
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Refugees and migrants board a dinghy trying to set out to travel from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Chios, near Cesme, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. Authorities in Greece say 21 people have died in other islands after two boats carrying migrants and refugees from Turkey to Greece sank overnight, in the latest deadly incidents in the eastern Aegean Sea. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
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Refugees and migrants abort their effort on a dingy as they set out, trying to travel from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Chios, near Cesme, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. Authorities in Greece say 21 people have died in other islands after two boats carrying migrants and refugees from Turkey to Greece sank overnight, in the latest deadly incidents in the eastern Aegean Sea. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
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Refugees and migrants abort their effort on a dingy as they set out, trying to travel from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Chios, near Cesme, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. Authorities in Greece say 21 people have died in other islands after two boats carrying migrants and refugees from Turkey to Greece sank overnight, in the latest deadly incidents in the eastern Aegean Sea. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
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Refugees and migrants abort their effort on a dingy as they set out, trying to travel from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Chios, near Cesme, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. Authorities in Greece say 21 people have died in other islands after two boats carrying migrants and refugees from Turkey to Greece sank overnight, in the latest deadly incidents in the eastern Aegean Sea. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
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Refugees and migrants abort their effort on a dingy as they set out, trying to travel from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Chios, near Cesme, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. Authorities in Greece say 21 people have died in other islands after two boats carrying migrants and refugees from Turkey to Greece sank overnight, in the latest deadly incidents in the eastern Aegean Sea. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
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Refugees and migrants abort their effort on a dingy as they set out, trying to travel from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Chios, near Cesme, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. Authorities in Greece say 21 people have died in other islands after two boats carrying migrants and refugees from Turkey to Greece sank overnight, in the latest deadly incidents in the eastern Aegean Sea. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
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A migrant watches the rough sea after she aborted her effort on a dingy trying to travel from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Chios, near Cesme, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. Authorities in Greece say 21 people have died in other islands after two boats carrying migrants and refugees from Turkey to Greece sank overnight, in the latest deadly incidents in the eastern Aegean Sea. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
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Volunteers approach a rubber boat at a beach on the northern coast of Lesbos, Greece, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. An official leading rescue efforts on the Greek island of Lesbos has warned that the death toll in the eastern Aegean Sea is likely to rise in the coming days unless urgent action is taken to stop smugglers in nearby Turkey. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
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Children are wrapped in emergency blankets to keep warm after they've disembarked a small boat at a beach on the northern coast of Lesbos, Greece, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. An official leading rescue efforts on the Greek island of Lesbos has warned that the death toll in the eastern Aegean Sea is likely to rise in the coming days unless urgent action is taken to stop smugglers in nearby Turkey. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
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The body of an unidentified man is covered with a foil blanket after washing up on the shoreline at the village of Skala, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. Authorities recovered more bodies on Lesbos and the Greek island of Samos Sunday as thousands continue to cross from the nearby coast of Turkey despite worsening weather. Greece is pressing the European Union for additional support for their massive daily search and rescue operations. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
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The hand of an unidentified woman wearing a wedding ring is seen on a beach after the lifeless body washed up on the shoreline at the village of Skala, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. Authorities recovered more bodies on Lesbos and the Greek island of Samos Sunday as thousands continue to cross from the nearby coast of Turkey despite worsening weather. Greece is pressing the European Union for additional support for their massive daily search and rescue operations. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
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The lifeless body of an unidentified woman is seen floating in a pool of water after washing up on the shoreline at the village of Skala, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. Authorities recovered more bodies on Lesbos and the Greek island of Samos Sunday as thousands continue to cross from the nearby coast of Turkey despite worsening weather. Greece is pressing the European Union for additional support for their massive daily search and rescue operations. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
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The lifeless body of an unidentified woman is seen on a beach after washing up on the shoreline at the village of Skala, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. Authorities recovered more bodies on Lesbos and the Greek island of Samos Sunday as thousands continue to cross from the nearby coast of Turkey despite worsening weather. Greece is pressing the European Union for additional support for their massive daily search and rescue operations. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
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