At least eleven people die when a boat carrying migrants was wrecked on an islet north of the Greek island of Antikythera as scores of others have been rescued
More than 116,000 asylum-seekers crossed the Mediterranean to reach EU countries this year as of December 19, according to UNHCR.
The boat carrying migrants ran aground on the rocky islet some 235 kilometres south of Athens on Thursday evening, the Greek coastguard said.
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