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ATHENS, GREECE (AP) — A sailing boat carrying dozens of migrants ran aground on rocks on a southern Greek island early Wednesday morning, officials said. No injuries or missing persons have been reported.
The sailing vessel had 97 of her people on board, according to the Coast Guard. There were no details of their nationalities. Local News His website KytheraNews says they are believed to be from Afghanistan, among whom he has five women and her five children, aged 3 to her 12. was reported to contain Crowds of people walking down the street from the small port, past the whitewashed houses.
It was not immediately clear when and where the ship had sailed.
The most common sea route for asylum seekers from the Middle East, Asia and Africa to her EU member Greece has long been from Turkey to the nearby Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. .
However, amid constant reports of Greek authorities stepping up patrols in the region and new arrivals being summarily deported to Turkey without granting asylum applications, many of people are now trying to go directly to Italy by a much longer and more dangerous route. Greek authorities have denied illegal summary deportations of asylum seekers.
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