Greek authorities say nearly 140 migrants have reached Greece’s Aegean Sea islands in boats from Turkey.
despite being relatively far from Turkey. A coast guard statement Thursday quoted the migrants as saying they had been brought by a speedboat that headed back to Turkey.For years, smuggling gangs avoided the short crossing from Turkey to eastern Aegean islands such as Lesbos and Samos due to stronger Greek marine patrols, preferring the longer route round southern Greece to Italy.
Human rights groups have repeatedly charged that Greek authorities also secretly deported migrants back to Turkey — a claim Athens strongly denies.to have cost hundreds of lives in JuneNow, dozens of migrants reach, or are rescued off, the eastern Greek islands nearly daily, and the coast guard said 58 people were taken off crippled boats in two separate cases off Samos Thursday. More than 17,300 people have reached Greece, mostly by sea, so far this year, according to United Nations figures, compared to 19,000 for the whole of 2022.___The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day.
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