Two migrants found dead, 18 rescued off Greek island - coastguard


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  • Wednesday, 10 Jan 2024

A deflated dinghy and lifejackets are seen after a migrant shipwreck on the shore near Thermi, on island of Lesbos, Greece, January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Ignatis Tsiknis NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece rescued 18 migrants and recovered the bodies of two people, a woman and a man, close to a rocky shore on the island of Lesbos on Wednesday, the coastguard said.

The migrants are believed to have reached the island on a boat amid high winds in the Aegean Sea, a coastguard official said. According to the migrants' accounts, there were about 36 people on board and some had jumped into the sea, she added.

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