“51 people were rescued by two ships in the area,” said a representative of the coast guard service. He added that, according to the rescued, there were a total of 77 people on the sinking ship.
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Crete and Gavdos, located about 320 km from the Libyan coast, have become the main entry points for asylum seekers arriving in Greece.
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