Greece: 7 migrants die when boat sinks in Aegean Sea

A boat carrying migrants sank in eastern Aegean Sea, killing seven people on Friday, Greek authorities said. boat, which h been traveling from Turkey, capsized near small Greek island of Iusses and 12 ors were rescued, coast guard said. Two bodies were recovered in initial sts of search, while or five were later located by divers. Patrol vessels and a search-and-rescue aircraft from European Union’s border protection ncy Frontex were involved in effort. Migrant arrivals on eastern Aegean islands have surged in recent weeks. In Italy, two alleged human traffickers have been detained by police in Sicilian town of Messina, after disembarking from humanitarian ship Ocean Viking with 180 or migrants. Police said that alleged traffickers, both Egyptian, were detained after y were identified by several witnesses who were on board and have helped investigators to reconstruct events that happened before migrants’ departure from Libya.

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17 migrants found in three cars

Investigators said witnesses told m y h paid a sum of money for trip to Italy and n h been detained for a few days in a Libyan shed before being embarked for dangerous trip. A total of 182 people, rescued a week before from fragile boats off Libyan coast, arrived in Sicily on Tuesday after days at sea. In rth Macedonia, police said y discovered 17 migrants in three cars and arrested three men suspected of belonging to a criminal ring smuggling m to Serbia.

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Migrants to deported back to Greece

A police statement said cars were stopped during a routine ro check near sourn town of Strumica, close to border with Greece. migrants were all from Banglesh, and police said y would be deported back to Greece from where y are believed to have entered illegally. three alleged smugglers were all from rth Macedonia. cars were stopped on Thursday. Serbia is next country to rth of Macedonia on Balkan route used by organized crime groups to smuggle migrants to Europe’s prosperous heartland.

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