Coast guard finds body during search for missing migrants near Samos

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Coast defender crews connected Monday recovered the assemblage of a migrant during a hunt and rescue cognition for 4 radical reported missing northbound of the eastbound Aegean land of Samos. Details astir the victim’s individuality were not instantly known.

Authorities launched the cognition aft constabulary located 26 migrants adjacent Petalides formation on the island’s bluish coastline. The group, who arrived by boat, told officials that 4 radical who had been traveling with them were missing.

Samos lies astir 6 miles (9.7 kilometers) disconnected the Turkish seashore and has agelong been used arsenic an introduction constituent for undocumented migrants seeking to scope Europe.

The hunt continued Monday with the engagement of a seashore defender vessel, a chopper and crushed teams scanning coastal and inland areas, officials said.