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Aegean Sea and Inflatable Dinghies

sea: But, it's still a problem, I answered, according to CTV. He stamped my passport, laughed, and then told me to take a few migrants with me on my way back. It's an old problem, he said. Moria refugee camp, Greece's biggest, and arguably the most controversial camp in Europe, is located in Lesbos, a mere six kilometres from Turkey. There are between 700,000 and 800,000 Rohingyas who have found refuge in Bangladesh in the past year. From there, an unknown number have drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea on inflatable dinghies, and some now trapped in Lesbos believe they might have been better off at the bottom of that sea. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.