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THESSALONIKI, Greece — Greek authorities on Wednesday rescued a bunch of 39 migrants who had been deserted by smugglers on an islet within the river that runs alongside the nation’s land border with Turkey, police stated.
A police assertion stated the 13 males, 11 ladies and 15 kids had been ferried throughout in a plastic boat from the Turkish aspect of the Evros river.
It stated all of the migrants, who advised police they had been from Syria, had been in good well being. They had been supplied with meals and clothes and brought to a reception facility within the northeastern city of Orestiada.
Police stated the group phoned two nongovernmental organizations working with migrants to inform them they had been on the island, about 80 meters (yards) from the Greek financial institution of the river. The NGOs in flip notified Greek authorities and members of the European Union’s Frontex border company stationed within the space.
The Evros is a significant crossing level for hundreds of individuals from the Center East, Asia and Africa looking for a greater life in Europe, who principally pay smugglers to ferry them to Greece. Greek authorities are planning to increase a fence designed to cease unlawful crossings that at the moment covers a part of the Evros border.
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