Migrants waiting to be rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard off the coast of Ayvalik, Turkey, June 29, 2020. via REUTERS TV
BODRUM, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's coastguard said on Monday it had rescued 35 migrants and was searching for four more missing from a boat found half sunken in the Aegean Sea.
The Turkish coastguard quoted the rescued migrants as saying that Greek coastguards had slashed their rubber dinghy, taken away their fuel containers and pushed them back towards Turkish waters. A Greek coastguard spokesman denied the allegations.
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