Newborn among 32 migrants rescued off Greece's island


  • World
  • Thursday, 23 Jun 2022

ATHENS, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-two migrants, including a newborn, were rescued on Wednesday off Greece's Lesvos island, the country's Coast Guard said.

A woman who was on board the migrants' dinghy that had sailed from Turkey gave birth on the islet of Barbalias, Greek national news agency AMNA reported.

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