Stranded migrants Smugglers abandon ‘cargo’

Coast guard officers said that they had to rescue more than 60 illegal immigrants yesterday who had been left stranded on rocky outcrops near Lesvos in what appears to be a new tactic adopted by Turkish people- smugglers. Officers said that they helped 36 people off one islet and 31 off another in an operation that was conducted with the help of an Italian coast guard vessel. Officers said the migrants had been dumped without any food or water, probably by smugglers who feared being caught if they went any nearer to Lesvos to unload the immigrants.
(03.09.08)   Kathimerini English Edition   ()
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