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Asylum-Seekers' Boat Overturns, 6 Drown Near Greek Island of Lesbos - Reports

ATHENS (Sputnik) - A boat carrying asylum seekers overturned off the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday, resulting in the deaths of at least six people, Greece-based ANA-MPA news service reported.
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At least 58 people were rescued in the incident, Greece-based ANA-MPA news service said. The survivors are being transported to the port city of Mitilini on Lesbos.

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The nationalities of the migrants are unclear.

Greece remains the top destination of the asylum seekers who flee the devastating conflicts in the Middle East and North and Central Africa.

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