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3rd sailboat carrying migrants reaches southern Greek island

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Greece's coast guard said 67 people had been on board the sailing catamaran that arrived in a harbor on Kythera's western coast. In all, 237 migrants arrived on the island between the early hours of Wednesday and around mid-day Thursday. Of the two other sailboats that reached the island Wednesday, the first ran aground.

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Greece: 71 migrants aboard boat reaching southern island

Greek authorities have raised to 71 the number of migrants who had been aboard a sailboat that reached the southern island of Kythera. That boat was the third crammed vessel to reach Kythera over two days, bringing a total 241…

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Greece: 71 migrants aboard boat reaching southern island

Greek authorities have raised to 71 the number of migrants who had been aboard a sailboat that reached the southern island of Kythera

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Greece: 71 migrants aboard boat reaching southern island

Greek authorities have raised to 71 the number of migrants who had been aboard a sailboat that reached the southern island of Kythera

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Greece: 71 migrants aboard boat reaching southern island

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have raised to 71 the number of migrants who had been aboard a sailboat that reached the southern island of Kythera. That boat was the third crammed vessel to reach Kythera over two days, bringing a total 241 people to the island. Authorities raised the number on Friday. Located off the southern tip of the Peloponnese, Kythera isn’t a target destination for thousands of people fleeing conflict and poverty …

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Greece: 71 migrants aboard boat reaching southern island - Local News 8

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3rd sailboat carrying migrants reaches southern Greek island

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say another sailboat carrying dozens of migrants has arrived at the island of Kythera. The boat that reached the island on Thursday is the third in just under two days to make it to Kythera. The southern island is not on the usual route for asylum-seekers trying to reach the European Union. Most attempting to get to the EU cross from the Turkish coast to Greece’s nearby eastern Aegean islands. But with Gre…

2 years ago·Panama City, United States

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