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EU Allocated Only 6 Ships Instead of 28 to Monitor Greek Maritime Borders

© AFP 2023 / DIMITAR DILKOFFA Greek coast guard ship is seen behind a rubber boat with refugees and migrants near the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on October 13, 2015
A Greek coast guard ship is seen behind a rubber boat with refugees and migrants near the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on October 13, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Greek Minister for Migration Policy said that European Union has allocated only 6 of the 28 patrol ships requested by Athens to monitor external maritime borders.

A migrant stands on a border gate as he and other migrants and refugees try to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, on December 3, 2015. - Sputnik International
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BRUSSELS (Sputnik) The European Union has allocated only 6 of the 28 patrol ships requested by Athens to monitor external maritime borders, Greek Minister for Migration Policy Ioannis Mouzalas said.

"We asked for 28 ships, they sent six," the Bruxelles2 news portal quoted Mouzalas as saying.

According to the minister, dozens of refugees drowned in the Aegean Sea last week could have been rescued if Brussels satisfied Athens' request in full measure.

According to the International Organization for Migration, over 847,000 refugees from Syria and other countries arrived in Greece by sea in 2015, and more than 800 people have drowned in the Aegean Sea.

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