11th victim found after migrant boat capsized in river on Serbia-Bosnia border

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A man’s body was pulled out of the Drina River on the border between Serbia and Bosnia on Friday&comma; bringing to 11 the number of people who drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized a day earlier&comma; Serbian police said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The body of an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;irregular migrant” was found on the Bosnian side of the river&comma; Serbia Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said that authorities believe that the man is the last missing person from Thursday’s tragedy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;184175" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-184175" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;08&sol;IMG&lowbar;6127&period;webp" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-184175" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-184175" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Rescue Service members search a Drina River near the town of Bratunac&comma; Bosnia<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The boat was carrying between 25 and 30 migrants when it overturned early Thursday on the Drina&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The bodies of 10 people&comma; including a mother and her baby&comma; were found in the river on Thursday&comma; while police said that 18 people made it to land&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The victims include eight people from Syria&comma; two from Egypt and one from Iraq&comma; Mr Dacic said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said that Serbian police were working to identify and prosecute people smugglers who organised the illegal journey&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Vladan Rankic&comma; who headed the search and rescue team&comma; told The Associated Press that the crossings are very dangerous because of frequent changes in the Drina’s water levels because of the proximity of two hydropower plants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is not safe to cross the river as was attempted yesterday and we all saw what happened&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;184178" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-184178" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;08&sol;IMG&lowbar;6129&period;webp" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-184178" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-184178" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Serbian police officers search a bank of the Drina River near the town of Ljubovija&comma; Serbia<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ecc432099a5">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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