The coast guard said that 13 people were rescued after the wooden boat sank in mild weather conditions before dawn Friday. A search was launched for the missing migrants. Greece has seen a spike in arrivals of migrants and refugees in recent months — rising to an average rate of 200 per day, according to the government. Greece says that a 2016 agreement between the European Union and Turkey to combat migrant trafficking is currently not in danger of collapsing, despite a strain in relations between the EU and Ankara. Read More… http://ift.tt/2zt8Dx9
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