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The coast guard said Monday it was unclear how many people had
been on board the boat, believed to have been a dinghy, or what
exactly had occurred.
An extensive search and rescue operation was underway in the
area northwest of Samos with three coast guard patrol boats and
a private vessel, as well as an air force helicopter and crews
in case survivors had managed to reach the shore.
There was no immediate information on the identities or
nationalities of those rescued or on the three bodies recovered.
Greece lies along one of the most popular routes into the
European Union for people fleeing conflict and poverty in the
Middle East, Africa and Asia. Despite a crackdown by Greek
authorities along the border with Turkey, thousands of people
make it across, often from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek
islands using flimsy inflatable dinghies.
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