Coast guard rescues boatful of migrants stranded at sea near Antipaxi
A coast guard patrol boat and a private vessel on Tuesday rescued 38 migrants and refugees adrift at sea near the Ionian island of Antipaxi, taking them to the harbou of Gai on the larger nearby island of Paxi.
The group of migrants, who were sailing in a small wooden boat some 12 miles soutwest of Antipaxi, had issues a distress call at around 14:00 on Tuesday.
The call was picked up by the Coast Guard headquarters operations centre, which mobilised the nearby Igoumenitsa coast guard to launch a rescue operation.
After arriving at Paxi, the migrants will be transferred to the island of Corfu.
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