ANKARA - The latest news as hundreds of thousands make their way across Europe in search of safety and a better life. All times local.

Some Republicans are pushing back against their party's opposition to Syrian refugees resettling in the U.S. — a rift that threatens to complicate the party's outreach to minorities heading into the 2016 presidential vote.

These Republicans have joined Democrats, who liken the refugee backlash to the U.S. government turning away Jews fleeing Nazi Germany and placing Japanese in internment camps during World War II.

While conservatives cite security concerns following the Paris attacks, others in the party fear the party's position on refugees reeks of xenophobia. Alfonso Aguilar, a Republican who leads the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, says "a refugee is someone who has a credible fear that they're going to be killed."

Aguilar says moderate voters could view Republican opposition to helping refugees as extreme and intolerant and that could hurt Republican candidates in next fall's general election.

In this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015 photo made available Wednesday, Turkey's Prime Minister AhmetDav …

Spain's coast guard says at least one person died when a boat capsized off the western coast of Africa while trying to take sub-Saharan Africans to the Canary Islands and that a search is underway to try to find at least 17 missing people.

A coast guard spokeswoman says the search Wednesday was taking place after 22 men from the boat were rescued Tuesday evening after it capsized near Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony.

Searchers found the body about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Western Sahara and 237 kilometers (147 miles) from the Canary Islands.(AP)