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250 rescued as migrants boat capsizes in Mediterranean

Published By pmnews

Date 3rd June, 2016

File Photo: A Malta Air Force handout photo dated 15 August 2009 shows would-be illegal immigrants being taken to Malta after being rescued from a sinking dinghy.

A photo grab taken from a video made available by the Guardia costiera, Italy's coast guard organization on December 28, 2014 — A photo grab taken from a video made available by the Guardia costiera, Italy’s coast guard organization on December 28, 2014

Greek rescuers pulled 250 people from the Mediterranean and were searching for more survivors on Friday after a boat with hundreds of migrants capsized south of Crete.

“We have rescued 250 people so far and are searching for more migrants in the sea,” Greek Coastguard spokesman NIkolaos Lanadianos told state TV.

The boat – its origin not immediately clear and carrying migrants of undetermined nationality – capsized 75 miles south of Crete in the central Mediterranean.

Tags: Greek Rescuers Mediterranean

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