Coast guard detains 25 people

The coast guard yesterday arrested 25 illegal immigrants on the eastern Aegean islands of Samos and Mytilene. On Samos, 17 illegal immigrants, including three children, were found off the cape of Praso in an inflatable boat. The immigrants, who told authorities they were from Libya, were taken for medical checks before being escorted to a local immigrant detention center. On Mytilene, authorities detained eight illegal immigrants, five men and three women, in the island’s port area. They told authorities they had crossed over from Turkey aboard inflatable boats which they later destroyed. No information was given regarding the nationalities of the immigrants.
(06.08.07)   Kathimerini English Edition   ()
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