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78 migrants rescued off Lesvos

78 migrants rescued off Lesvos

The crew of a vessel belonging to the European Union’s border monitoring agency Frontex on Wednesday rescued 78 migrants from a boat off the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos.

A 25-year-old man was detained on charges of human trafficking.

The Frontex crew transferred the migrants to the port of Lesvos.

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