Nearly 4,000 refugees and migrants in Piraeus, according to latest count

41 refugees collected and taken to Kalamata

3,734 refugees and illegal migrants are still squatting in the port of Piraeus, according to the latest count by the Greek coast guard. The flows of refugees and illegal migrants into the Greek islands on the eastern Aegean have decreased lately, with only three coming in late Saturday night on board passenger ferry boat ‘Ariadne’ from the island of Mytilene that docked at the port . Meanwhile, a cargo ship reportedly rescued 41 refugees and illegal migrants on a wooden boat stranded 95 nautical miles southwest of Pylos. The rescue operation was carried out under the coordination of the Unified Search and Rescues Centre of the Maritime Ministry. The people rescued were talk to the port of Kalamata.