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These are the images published by the Greek Coast Guard on Saturday evening, of the boat in which traffickers of human beings had introduced at least 80 migrants to transport them from the Turkish coast to those of Italy.
But along with it at the bottom of the sea drowned the dreams of dozens of people for a better life in Europe exactly on Christmas night 5 miles northwest of the Greek island of Paros, the latest tragedy in which 16 immigrants, 12 men died , three women and a baby, while at least 63 others were rescued.
On December 24 a sailing boat sank on a rocky island near Antikytheras. 11 people lost their lives, while 90 others were rescued, 52 men, 11 women and 27 children.
On the same day a second sailing boat collided in the coastal area at Gerolimenas of Gythios in southern Peloponnese. Authorities have arrested three Turkish nationals for trafficking migrants on board, 54 of them children aged 5-18.
On December 23, a boat sank in the sea area of Folegandro, resulting in 3 dead and 12 rescued, while 30-50 migrants who had boarded it are considered missing.
According to the Greek authorities in the four cases of the last three days in the Aegean Sea at least 30 migrants have lost their lives, 258 have been rescued, while dozens more are considered missing.
In a recent reaction, Immigration Minister Notis Mitarakis has called on Ankara to step up its efforts to avoid human trafficking off the Turkish coast.
Seeking new routes in the Aegean waters between the Peloponnese and Crete, within this year alone over 11,000 migrants have been brought by traffickers from the Turkish coast to Italy, while about 1400 people have lost their lives and hundreds more are considered missing.
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