Kos, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, has become a major transit point for refugees fleeing through Turkey in an attempt to reach Europe, and Kurdish news agency Rudaw reported grom the island.
 

Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis attributed responsibilities to Alexis Tsipras for the continuation of the crisis, in an interview with television network Russia Today.

"When three-year-old children wash up dead, what is washed up is European culture. We must collectively assume the responsibility as a European family and not think that because [the problem] is in our neighbourhood, it should be solved by those that have it inside their back yard," former Greek premier and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said in an interview with Euronews on Tuesday.