Coast guard rescues 22 migrants on sailboat near island of Rhodes; two arrested

A sailboat carrying 22 migrants (12 men, four women, three boys and a girl) was intercepted by the Hellenic Coast Guard late on Sunday, in the sea off the island of Rhodes.
A Rhodes coast guard search-and-rescue vessel collected the passengers of the sailboat and brought them to the island, where two of the men - aged 44 and 48 years old, respectively - were arrested as suspected migrant traffickers. The sailboat was confiscated.

 

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