Coastguard boats patrol the area where African migrants, trying to reach Italian shores, drowned off the island of Lampedusa October 3, 2013. REUTERS/Enza Billeci
ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S. navy on Monday sent two guided missile destroyers to help a boat apparently carrying migrants and in distress off southern Greece.
No details of the operation were immediately available but a Greek defence official said a commercial vessel had reported sighting a migrant vessel in international waters, heading towards Italy, about 116 nautical miles off the coast of Kalamata.
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