ATHENS, (AFP) - A new body was found on Tuesday after two boats carrying migrants sank last week in Greece's Aegean Sea, the Greek coast guard said, bringing the death toll to at least 30.
According to a toll published on Saturday, the number of victims was 29.

The body of a woman was recovered on Tuesday off the island of Kithira, in the south of the Peloponnese peninsula, where a sailboat carrying 95 migrants ran aground on Wednesday night, while strong winds were blowing in this area.

Eighty people were saved in this sinking accident. One of them was arrested Saturday, suspected of being a smuggler.

Also, at least 18 people, most of them women, died in another drowning accident off the island of Lesbos, in the northeastern Aegean Sea, in the eastern Mediterranean, at dawn on Thursday.

The boat was carrying 40 Somalis, of whom only 10 were wearing life jackets, according to the Greek authorities.

In the first eight months of the year, the Coast Guard rescued 1,500 people, 600 more than last year.

Athens is often accused of forcibly returning migrants and refugees from neighboring Turkey, while Athens accuses Ankara of being responsible for the drowning incidents in the Aegean Sea separating the two countries.

Greek Immigration Minister Notis Mitarachi told the MED5 conference Saturday in Paphos (Cyprus) that "Turkey must be pressured at the EU level to prevent illegal flights sailing from Turkey, otherwise the loss of life will continue."

The five Mediterranean countries in the first lines to receive immigrants (Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Malta and Italy) participated in the conference.