ATHENS (Reuters) - Seventeen Turkish nationals landed on a beach on a Greek island close to Turkey on Monday, a coastguard official said, and Greek media said they had asked for political asylum.
The group were rescued from a beach on the small Aegean island of Oinousses, less than 10 miles from Turkey's western coast and next to Greece's Chios island, a gateway for thousands of refugees and migrants to Europe.
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