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March 3, 2020

Migrant Child Drowns Off Greek Coast, Refugees Attacked as Asylum Crisis Deepens
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In the Mediterranean, a child has died, and another was hospitalized,
after a boat with dozens of refugees capsized off the coast of Lesbos,
Greece. Another 46 refugees were rescued from the boat. On Sunday, a
group of some 150 Lesbos residents tried to prevent a boat with
refugees, mostly families and children, from disembarking, and set fire
to a disused migrant center. This comes as Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Greek soldiers had killed two
refugees and severely wounded a third person. Turkey loosened
restrictions on its border with Greece this weekend, prompting thousands
of refugees to head toward the border.


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