Six migrants were killed and 60 others rescued when a boat that was carrying Syrian illegal immigrants capsized in bad weather off the coast of Bodrum, a town in southwestern Turkey's Muğla province, Daily Sabah reported.

The migrants were en route to the Greek island of Kos, which is approximately five miles west of Bodrum, a popular destination with Turkish and foreign tourists.

Fishermen in the area spotted the migrants and alerted the coast guard. The coast guard rescued migrants clinging to wreckage and those who managed to reach a nearby Turkish islet by swimming.

More casualties are feared as crews continue combing the Aegean Sea for an unknown number of migrants who are unaccounted for. A young girl was found alive under the capsized boat, next to bodies of three migrants. The girl rescued by divers reunited with her parents rescued earlier by the coast guard. Rescue workers said the girl was about to freeze to death as she had been stranded in freezing water for five hours.