Fifty feared dead as two migrant boats sink off Greek, survivors climb rocks to ‘save themselves’.

Narly 50 people are feared drowned after two packed migrant boats sank in high winds near Greek holiday islands.

Rescuers found 17 bodies - mostly young women - and were searching for at least 30 more victims early today.

Overnight a dinghy with around 40 people on board sank near Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, the coastguard said.

Nine women and a young man were rescued in a huge air and sea search effort.

Some were in hard-to-reach areas on the island after hauling themselves over rocks.

Another 15 people were believed to be missing although the exact number was not clear.

"The women who were rescued were utterly panicked so we are still trying to work out what happened," said coastguard official Nikos Kokkalas.

The bodies included 16 women and a man.

It is believed all those on board were of African origin, and they had set sail from the Turkish coast a few miles away.

It came hours after a sailing boat packed with at least 95 migrants sank off the island of Kythira, south of the Peloponnese peninsula.

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