Nearly 100 migrants rescued in southern Greece

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The rescue comes lower than a month after almost 600 folks died after a fishing boat sank off the coast of Pylos.

The Greek authorities have introduced on Monday the rescue of almost 100 migrants in a rocky space of ​​Cape Malea, positioned on the Peloponnese peninsula (south), with none info on victims for the second. According to info collected by the Greek newspaper ‘Protothema’, the rescue operation began late on Sunday after a ship, during which a number of youngsters have been touring, was dragged to the coast.

Thus, members of the Coast Guard and the Firefighters have participated within the duties of evacuating folks from the boat with a view to their switch to land, from the place they’re anticipated to be taken to the port of Neapolis.

Coast Guard sources quoted by the Greek public broadcaster, EPT, have indicated that each one the rescued have been quickly housed in a faculty within the metropolis. The boat would have set sail from the coasts of Turkey, with out for now there being particulars in regards to the nationalities of these rescued.

The rescue takes place lower than a month after the dying of almost 600 folks after the sinking of a fishing boat off the coast of Pylos (south), an occasion that has unleashed a cataract of criticism of the Greek authorities and the immigration insurance policies of the European Union (EU).

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