The horror story that is the migration crisis in Europe continues as a boat sank in the Aegean Sea late on Wednesday leaving 29 of 300 passengers dead. The sinking occurred off the Greek island of Lesbos, Greek authorities said. Search and rescue teams, which included coast guard and fishing vessels, rescued some 274 from the ocean. Most of the dead were children and babies.

The Greek island of Lesbos has been hit hard by the great migration that has been going on. Hundreds of thousands of people from the Middle East, Africa, and elsewhere are fleeing their countries no longer wanting to live in places that are so violent and in constant upheaval and war, according to CBS News. Already this year, over 300,ooo refugees from all over have made it to Lesbos with desperate migrants peaking at about 7,500 a day.

The survivors of the sunken smuggler’s vessel were ferried to Lesbos which is just a few miles from the border of Turkey. Medical personnel did what they could and most of the survivors were freezing and suffering from shock. Greece, Turkey, and Italy are the major landing points for the migrants coming from Africa and the Middle East. This is where the smugglers try and land them. Most, if they make it, usually try and head for Germany.

Recently, the Italian navy has begun patrolling the Mediterranean Sea with a flotilla led by an aircraft carrier in search of smugglers and pirates. According to one international monitoring group, over 700,000 refugees have made it to Europe so far in 2015. Of those, 3,329 have been killed in the attempt including nearly one hundred children. It is the greatest migration and displacement of people since the Second World War.

Several children perished this week in attempts to make it to Greece. Greek authorities are constantly urging other European nations to stop the smugglers who continue to use unseaworthy vessels, and high ransoms, to get desperate people to European shores.