The Coast Guard and Marine Police have been placed on high alert after three more boats carrying migrants were detected off the coast of Cape Greco on Monday afternoon.The boats were spotted on radar just hours after five other boats carrying 271 people arrived on the island.The number of people on
The Cypriot coastguard rescued around 150 migrants from three boats east of the island on Monday, in the latest rescues that came a day after 272 people were picked up from unseaworthy boats. Monday's rescue operation took place in the sea off Cape Greco, Phileleftheros newspaper reported, citing the authorities. Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulidis called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council for Tuesday amid a greater number seeking to make the journey from Lebanon to Cyprus,
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A group of irregular migrants on five boats from Syria were spotted this afternoon off Cape Greco by Republic of Cyprus radar systems.More than 200 people were believed to be on the boats, two of which had already docked at the Golden Coast area, carrying 21 and 150 migrants respectively.Police and
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