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13 died after a migrant boat capsized in Greece

A migrant boat capsized for the 3th time in a week in Greece. According to Hellenic Coast Guard, 13 people lost their lives and 62 people were rescued after a migrant boat carrying about 80 migrants capsized off the coast of Paros Island. Search and rescue operations started with 5 coast guard patrol boats, 9 ships, a helicopter, a military transport plane and coast guard divers continuing.

On the other hand, also loss of lives rose up in the disaster that happened after a migrant boat capsized on Thursday at North of Antikythera Island, which located between Crete Island and Peloponnese. Greek authorities stated that number of dead rose up to 11, and in addition to that total of 90 people including 52 men, 11 women and 27 children have been rescued.

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