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ATHENS, Greece (AFP) – Greece’s coastguard on Thursday said a man drowned and several more were rescued in the latest migrant boat sinking in the Aegean Sea. The coastguard said two of its patrol boats responded to a distress call near the island of Kos late on Wednesday. They found 11 men in the water, one of them unconscious. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Kos harbor, the coastguard said. Two weeks ago, two migrant […]
AEGEAN SEA — Greek and German vessels operating for the U.S.-led NATO alliance patrolled the Aegean sea Wednesday and Thursday (March 3) in a bid to help counter criminal networks smuggling refugees into Europe. The mission is not yet at full steam but should be fully operational before an EU-Turkey summit in Brussels on March 7. On February 25, NATO envoys set out how ships sent to the Aegean in early February can work with […]
(Reuters) — Twenty-two migrants drowned and 200 more were rescued when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast on Tuesday (September 15). The boat was apparently attempting to reach the Greek island of Kos. A total of 211 immigrants were rescued from the boat while divers recovered the bodies of 22 drowned passengers, a statement from the Turkish coastguard said. The boat went down about 1.5 miles (2.5 km) off the […]
