ISTANBUL, – Seven people died and 64 were rescued when a boat carrying migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh sank on Thursday in eastern Turkey’s Lake Van, the official Anadolu news agency reported.

Their final destination was not immediately clear, the agency added.

Van province is near the border with Iran.

Turkey hosts more than four million refugees, including some 3.6 million Syrians who fled the conflict raging in their country since 2011.

The flow of refugees crossing to Europe from Turkey has dropped since an agreement concluded in 2016 between Ankara and the EU.