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12 Drown off Greek Coast After Boat Capsizes

boat-illegal-immigrantsThe Greek coastguard reported that twelve immigrants, which included four children drowned on Friday, after their boat capsized just off the Greek island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea.
Earlier reports said eight people had died, but now the number is up to 12. Greece is a major gateway for immigrants who attempt to make their way illegally from Africa and the Middle East, into the European Union.
“The immigrants called police on their mobile to say their boat was in distress,” a coastguard official said. “When we first arrived we found fifteen people on the shore, and picked up eight bodies–four of which were children.” The immigrants said there were more people on their six-metre-long boat, and that a diver was looking for them. The official could not immediately say how old the dead children were, how many more were missing, or what their nationality was.
(source: ANSA)

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