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Gavin Blackburn

Greek coastguard accused of migrant boat pushback in Aegean Sea, NGO says

One person has died and 43 were rescued when a migrant boat got into difficulties in the Aegean Sea, Turkish authorities said on Thursday, while an NGO accused the Greek coastguard of endangering the vessel.

The migrants were around 30 kilometres from the Greek island of Lesbos when their inflatable boat became "partially submerged" on Wednesday, the Turkish coastguard said.

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