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Seven more rescued at sea from migrant shipwreck

Seven more rescued at sea from migrant shipwreck

The coast guard said on Wednesday that it rescued seven more migrants who were still at sea after a shipwreck off the coast of Lesvos on Tuesday that claimed the lives of three individuals.

About 41 people were on board the rubber boat that had departed from Turkey, survivors were quoted as saying by authorities. According to testimony from survivors reported by state broadcaster ERT, the migrants were from Somalia, Yemen and Syria.

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