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Twelve die as boat with migrants sinks southwest of Paxi island
A boat carrying migrants sank 13 nautical miles southwest of Paxi island as it was taking on water with twelve people dead.
A total of 46,026 migrants and refugees arrived at the Greek islands in 2019
Nearly 50,000 migrants and refugees arrived at the islands of the northern Aegean in 2019, according to figures released by authorities on Thursday. According to these, a total of 27,148 migrants and refugees arrived on the island of Lesvos, another 8,076 persons arrived on Chios and 10,802 on Samos over the year. The number of arrivals on Lesvos was nearly double that in 2018 (14,906).
411 new arrivals of refugees and migrants to the islands -Three arrests of traffickers
Hellenic Coast Guard rescued 177 refugees and immigrants during the last 24 hours in three different incidents in Lesvos, Chios and Kos.
The Port Authority also proceeded to three arrests of traffickers. At the same time, another 234 immigrants and refugees landed in boats, while 3 traffickers were arrested in six different incidents that took place on the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos.