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Boat with 35 migrants found south of Crete

All of them were rescued by a Coast Guard vessel and transported to Agia Galini

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A boat with a group of migrants was spotted in the south of Crete.

About 35 people were on board a boat 31 nautical miles south of Crete.

All of them were rescued by a Coast Guard vessel and transported to Agia Galini.

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