Nearly 100 migrants have been safely evacuated Wednesday from a yacht reported to be in issue off the southwestern coast of Greece, authorities stated.

The coast guard stated in a press release that the yacht carrying 93 folks was positioned about 40 nautical miles (46 miles, 74 kilometers) west of the small city of Pylos. There have been no studies of lacking passengers.

Six of the folks on board have been picked up by one other yacht within the space and brought to Pylos, the place one girl was transferred to a hospital within the southern metropolis of Kalamata.

Another 87 folks have been picked up by two passing tanker ships and transported to Kalamata escorted by coast guard patrol vessels, the assertion stated.

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The space is close to the place a lethal migrant shipwreck in June left a whole lot of individuals useless and lacking and led to allegations that Greek authorities failed to reply appropriately to rescue the passengers.

The overcrowded trawler had set sail from Libya with an estimated 500-700 folks on board. Only 104 survived and 82 our bodies have been recovered. The relaxation sank with the trawler in what is likely one of the deepest elements of the Mediterranean.

Last week, 40 survivors filed a lawsuit in Greece in opposition to “all parties responsible,” saying Greek authorities did not rescue the passengers earlier than the vessel capsized.

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Many of the survivors dispute the official account that repeated affords of help by the coast guard have been rejected, and declare a botched effort was made to tow the vessel to security shortly earlier than it capsized and sank.

Greece lies on a route utilized by smugglers to ferry folks fleeing battle and poverty within the Middle East, Africa and Asia into the European Union.

Many use small dinghies to go from Turkey to Greek islands close to the Turkish coast, whereas others use bigger crusing boats, yachts or fishing vessels to make the longer crossing from both Turkey or north Africa to Italy, bypassing Greece.

The Greek coast guard stated {that a} whole of 115 migrants have been rescued from three small boats off the jap Aegean Sea island of Lesbos on Wednesday, and one other 24 folks off the island of Samos.