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Coast guards aided more than 1,500 migrants in Aegean since Friday

Coast guards aided more than 1,500 migrants in Aegean since Friday

The Greek coast guard collected more than 1,500 migrants from boats in the Aegean Sea between Friday and Monday morning.

Patrol boats were called out on 54 search and rescue missions off the coasts of eight Aegean islands. A total of 1,635 undocumented migrants were led to safety.

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