At least 37 migrants, including several children, died Saturday when the boat meant to take them to the Greek island of Lesbos sank off Turkey's western coast.<br />The death toll rose late Saturday after search crews found more bodies trapped inside the 17-meter craft.<br />Rescuers were able to pick up 75 survivors.<br />The Turkish news agency Dogan said the migrants included people from Syria, Afghanistan and Myanmar.<br />Police arrested a Turkish man suspected of being the smuggler who organized Saturday's disastrous sea crossing.<br />He told Reuters news agency that he was on the boat but denied any wrongdoing.<br />The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that deaths of refugees and migrants crossing the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece were "increasing at an alarming rate."
