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Greek Island: On a tiny Greek island, 14 migrants and the body of a man found after their dinghy sank
ATHENS: Greece‘s coast guard discovered a gaggle of 14 migrants and the physique of a person on the shore of a tiny island within the japanese Aegean Sea on Tuesday morning, authorities mentioned.
The 5 males, six girls and three youngsters have been discovered on the distant island of Farmakonisi, together with the physique of 1 man. It was not instantly clear how he died.
The group had apparently arrived on the island from the Turkish coast in a dinghy that sank, the coast guard mentioned. There have been no experiences of anybody lacking. The migrants and the deceased man have been taken to the close by island of Leros, the coast guard added.
There was an increase in sea crossings to European Union member Greece by individuals fleeing battle and poverty within the Middle East, Africa and Asia and searching for a greater life within the rich 27-country bloc.
Later Tuesday, the coast guard mentioned one other three boats carrying greater than 100 individuals in all arrived on the islands of Lesbos, Samos and Chios, which lie close to the Turkish coast.
One dinghy carrying 48 individuals was noticed off the coast of Lesbos by a patrol boat, whereas one other with 25 individuals, together with 4 youngsters, was discovered off the island of Samos.
A 3rd, carrying 33 individuals, was discovered close to the island of Chios. The coast guard mentioned these on the helm of the boat tried to evade the coast guard with “harmful maneuvers and did not reply to sound and lightweight alerts.” One of many two patrol boats known as to the realm fired warning photographs, the coast guard mentioned.
No accidents have been reported, and the 32 males and one girl on board have been taken to a migrant camp on Chios.
Regardless of the rise in migration to Greece, Italy remains to be the primary entry level for the EU for migrants, with about 114,200 arrivals by sea to this point this 12 months. Spain follows with greater than 21,000 arrivals, in keeping with United Nations figures, whereas the determine for Greece, by land and sea, is sort of 18,600.
The 5 males, six girls and three youngsters have been discovered on the distant island of Farmakonisi, together with the physique of 1 man. It was not instantly clear how he died.
The group had apparently arrived on the island from the Turkish coast in a dinghy that sank, the coast guard mentioned. There have been no experiences of anybody lacking. The migrants and the deceased man have been taken to the close by island of Leros, the coast guard added.
There was an increase in sea crossings to European Union member Greece by individuals fleeing battle and poverty within the Middle East, Africa and Asia and searching for a greater life within the rich 27-country bloc.
Later Tuesday, the coast guard mentioned one other three boats carrying greater than 100 individuals in all arrived on the islands of Lesbos, Samos and Chios, which lie close to the Turkish coast.
One dinghy carrying 48 individuals was noticed off the coast of Lesbos by a patrol boat, whereas one other with 25 individuals, together with 4 youngsters, was discovered off the island of Samos.
A 3rd, carrying 33 individuals, was discovered close to the island of Chios. The coast guard mentioned these on the helm of the boat tried to evade the coast guard with “harmful maneuvers and did not reply to sound and lightweight alerts.” One of many two patrol boats known as to the realm fired warning photographs, the coast guard mentioned.
No accidents have been reported, and the 32 males and one girl on board have been taken to a migrant camp on Chios.
Regardless of the rise in migration to Greece, Italy remains to be the primary entry level for the EU for migrants, with about 114,200 arrivals by sea to this point this 12 months. Spain follows with greater than 21,000 arrivals, in keeping with United Nations figures, whereas the determine for Greece, by land and sea, is sort of 18,600.
