ATHENS: Two sailboats carrying dozens of migrants arrived on a southern Greek island early on Wednesday, with the 1st just one working aground on rocks. Nobody was described wounded or missing.
The coast guard mentioned the initially sailboat, which ran aground on the southern coastline of Kythera island early Wednesday, experienced been carrying 97 individuals, 93 of them from Afghanistan, three from Turkey and a single from Pakistan.
Area media described that those on board incorporated 5 girls and five young children.
The precise quantity of passengers on the 2nd boat – which arrived all over midday – and their nationalities have been not straight away known, the coast guard reported.
It was unclear when or from exactly where the two vessels experienced established sail, and whether they had been travelling collectively or individually.
The most common sea route into European Union member Greece for asylum-seekers from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa has extended been from Turkey to the close by Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.
But with Greek authorities escalating patrols in the spot and dealing with persistent reviews of summarily deporting new arrivals again to Turkey without allowing them to utilize for asylum, many are now making an attempt the significantly for a longer time, and extra unsafe, route straight to Italy.
Greek authorities deny they carry out illegal summary deportations of asylum-seekers.
The coast guard mentioned the initially sailboat, which ran aground on the southern coastline of Kythera island early Wednesday, experienced been carrying 97 individuals, 93 of them from Afghanistan, three from Turkey and a single from Pakistan.
Area media described that those on board incorporated 5 girls and five young children.
The precise quantity of passengers on the 2nd boat – which arrived all over midday – and their nationalities have been not straight away known, the coast guard reported.
It was unclear when or from exactly where the two vessels experienced established sail, and whether they had been travelling collectively or individually.
The most common sea route into European Union member Greece for asylum-seekers from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa has extended been from Turkey to the close by Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.
But with Greek authorities escalating patrols in the spot and dealing with persistent reviews of summarily deporting new arrivals again to Turkey without allowing them to utilize for asylum, many are now making an attempt the significantly for a longer time, and extra unsafe, route straight to Italy.
Greek authorities deny they carry out illegal summary deportations of asylum-seekers.
