pbs newshour's malcolm brabant, who was on shore as survivors returned to the turkish city of bodrum, reports tonight on why so many are still willing to take the risk. >> reporter: the boat capsized and sank less than two miles after setting off from bodrum. more than 240 people were packed into the 65-foot long vessel, which was normally used for tourist trips. it was headed for the nearby greek island of cos, one of the main entry points to europe. turkish coast guards managed to rescue 220 people, but 22 drowned, four of them children, one a 16-day-old baby. the survivors were brought back to the coast guard station in bodrum, where medical teams were on has hand to deal with the tra of their experience. a group of small children were among the first to be placed on special buses by police. the whole drama was played out in front of european tourists who had been to turkey for a day shopping and were boarding boats back to their resorts in kos the legal way. >> i have very mixed feelings over it obviously. sympathy for some of them, and obviously concern over the others. >> report

women and 4 children among them, 211 people rescued by the turkish coast guard and brought back to bodrum have to say the last months it's very unusual these sorts of wooden boats would be used ford a crossing and really seeing large rubber inflatable dinghys being used and this vessel can carry many more people but have not seen them used. >> thank you for that and reporting live from istanbul there. the russian president vladimir pootin and they believe moscow positioned tanks at a syrian air base near latakia and sending two cargo flights a day within the past week and peter sharp has more from moscow. >> reporter: president putin confirmed he will continue to offer military support to president assad and the fights have been stepped up now and this is sort of military equipment he says will be used solely in the fight against i.s.i.l. talk to analyst kremlin and you will see there is no willingness for an invasion of syria. they remember what happened in afghanistan and took them so long to get out but they also say that putin has got no intention of turning his back on president assa

they set off from the turkish resort peninsula of bodrum in hopes of reaching the greek island.ting at sea with a failed engine, these people will be brought back safely to turkey. the beaches below bodrum's posh resorts, an unlikely launching point for refugees and migrants willing to risk everything to reach europe. under the light of the crescent moon we witness another attempt at a crossing. it's after 2:00 a.m. and we have encountered another little rubber dinghy loaded with people paddling in the direction of greece. it's incredibly overloaded, this little boat. it's an accident waiting to happen. >> reporter: to make matters worse, some wear heavy backpacks over their life jackets. before possible disaster strikes, the coast guard comes to the rescue. tonight they fail to reach greece but they will live another day. >> reporter: who are these people trying to make this dangerous and potentially deadly journey? we're told they're everything from refugees and migrants from conflicts in syria and iraq and afghanistan to people traveling from iran, from pakistan, from even as

europe. 11 syrians have drown and five missing after their boat sank near the turkish resort town of bodrum at least three children are among the victims and they ran pictures of their bodies washing up along the shore. pictures we decided not to show and trying to make the short trip to the greek island. 2 1/2 thousand people arrive at the port in athens, the greek government has charted a ferry to transport refugees arriving on an island and most of them have flood the war in syria. other news in former rebel in uganda is on trial at the hague forward crimes and include rape, murder and recruitment of child soldiers and barnabie is live at the hague and what have you been hearing there? >> well, we heard the prosecution outline the bones of the case that are against him. he had the chance to plead, he pleaded not guilty to all 18 charges of rape, of murder, of crimes against humanity. we did hear some pretty graphic evidence of massacres of civilians, all pertains to the province, a certain part of northeast congo in a certain timeframe, 2002-2003 when he was a malitia leader. now, he --

a turkish police officer carried his lifeless body ashore, not far from the resort town of bodrum. aylan, his five-year-old brother and their mother all died when a trafficker abandoned them in high seas. their father survived and today prepared to take their bodies back home, to kobani, syria. >> ( translated ): the man steering the boat saw that the sea is high, the wave was high. we were hit by the first wave and he escaped. he jumped into the water and escaped away. i tried to take over the steering but we were hit by another wave, the boat capsized. i grabbed my children and my wife, they died. >> woodruff: we take a closer look at how their story is being seen in europe, with steve erlanger, the london bureau chief for the "new york times." and our own pbs newshour special correspondent malcolm brabant, who has been reporting extensively on the refugee crisis for us in a number of european countries. ing and we welcome you both. pal come, you are in copenhagen. what is the reaction there and in denmark to this picture, to what people are seeing unfold? >> i think people are d