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At least one dead, 25 missing after boat carrying migrants sinks off Greece
At least 51 people rescued as search operation continues off the island of Gavnos near Crete.
Al Jazeera•
One person has died, 25 are missing and 51 people have been rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank off a Greek island near Crete, according to the country’s coastguard.
“Fifty-one were picked up by two boats that were in the area,” a coastguard spokesman said on Monday.
He said survivors had reported that 77 people were on board when the boat went down near the island of Gavdos.
Crete and Gavdos, about 320km (200 miles) from the Libyan coast, have become the main point of entry for asylum seekers in Greece.