Coast guard rescues 27 migrants from islet off Samos
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Coast guard officials on Samos have picked up 27 migrants who were stranded on a rocky islet northeast of the eastern Aegean island.
Upon receiving information that the migrants were on Aghios Nikolaos, a coast guard vessel approached the islet and located the group.
A patrol boat subsequently, collected the migrants and took them to Asprochorti beach, where police were waiting to take them to a closed migrant facility on Samos.
Samos port authority is investigating how the migrants found themselves on the islet. [AMNA]
