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New Tragedy: 11 Refugees and Six Children Drown in the Aegean Sea
Unfortunately, there is no end to the refugee tragedies unfolding in the Aegean Sea. Early in the morning on Sunday, November 1, a boat carrying around 50 people, crashed against rocks on the coast of the Greek island of...
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New Maritime Tragedy with 22 Refugees Dead in Greek Waters
A new maritime tragedy in Greek waters culminated in two separate wrecks leaving 22 people dead and 144 rescued between the islands of Rhodes, Kalymnos and Kalolimnos.
on Friday, the Hellenic Coast Guard and volunteer rescuers pulled 19 dead bodies out...
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Four More Refugees Drown Near Greek Islands, 38 Missing
A new deadly shipwreck in Greek waters left four more refugees dead and allegedly 38 more missing on Wednesday as winds in the Aegean Sea reached 8 points on the Beaufort scale.
A wooden boat carrying about 300 refugees --...
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15 People Missing in Aegean Sea After Boat Capsizes
A boat carrying migrants and refugees capsized in the East Aegean Sea, North of the Greek island of Samos, on Wednesday.
Turkish authorities rescued 16 people who were aboard the ship, according to Greek media reports. Greek authorities were informed that another 15 people...
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Refugee Crisis Update: Over 2,500 Refugees Rescued from the Aegean Sea; Oct.16 – 19
A total of 2,561 refugees were located and rescued by the Coast Guard and Frontex as well as a private sailing boat in 69 incidents in the sea regions of Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Agathonissi, Farmakonissi, Kalolimnos, Kos and Megisti...
Greece
Four Refugee Children Dead off Greek Island
Four more children have been added to the death toll of refugees who are losing their lives tragically on an ongoing struggle to cross the waters from Turkey to the nearby Greek islands.
A rubber boat carrying 17 people including...
Greece
Seven People Dead After Greek Coast Guard Boat Hit by Migrants' Boat
A Hellenic Coast Guard boat that was on its way to conduct a rescue operation in the East Aegean seas was hit by a boat that was carrying migrants and refugees off the shore of the Greek island of Lesvos...
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Three People Missing After Shipwreck off the Coast of Lesvos
The refugee crisis that has engulfed three continents, continues with migrants and refugees steadily trying to reach the Greek islands from Turkey.
On Wednesday, a capsized boat off the Greek island of Lesvos left three people missing. The Hellenic Coast Guard rescued the remaining...
Greece
Refugee Boat Capsizes Near Mytilene; Woman and Young Child Tragically Die in Waters
Two refugees, a young child and a woman lost their lives when the boat carrying them from the Turkish coast to Greece capsized on Wednesday morning, September 30th, off the coast of the Greek island of Lesvos.
Hellenic coast guard...
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Greek Coast Guard Search for 26 Refugees Missing, Bulgaria Shuts Borders
The Hellenic Coast Guard announced that 26 refugees of unknown nationality are still missing after their boat sank off the island of Lesvos.
So far the rescue operations have pulled 20 people out of the water. "They told rescuers there...