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even of the eight people who went missing off the coast of Lesvos after the old wooden boat they were onboard along with other refugees crashed into a Coast Guard patrol vessel have been found dead, authorities announced on Thursday. The victims are two women, one man and three children and a baby.

An old wooden boat that was carrying refugees and migrants to Lesvos island crashed at 11:30 on Thursday into an open seas Coast Guard patrol vessel due to rough seas and strong winds blowing in the area.

Over 2,500 refugees have arrived on Lesvos this morning within three hours, according to one Reuters photographer.