A coast guard patrol boat and a private vessel rescued 38 migrants and refugees adrift at sea near the Ionian island of Antipaxi on Tuesday. The refugees were taken to the harbour of Gai on the larger nearby island of Paxi, Greece . The group of migrants, who were sailing in a small wooden boat some 12 miles southwest of Antipaxi, had issued a distress call at around 14:00 on Tuesday. The call was picked up by the Greek Coast Guard headquarters operations centre, which mobilized the nearby Igoumenitsa coast guard to launch a rescue operation. After arriving at Paxi, the migrants will be transferred to the island of Corfu. (source: ana-mpa)
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