01 August 2019
Thirteen boats with 547 migrants arrived at the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos from the Turkish coast on Thursday afternoon, in what is the largest number of arrivals in one day since the migration crisis of 2015-2016, local media reported on Friday.
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Of the total number of people who landed on the northern beach of Skala Sykamias, 177 were men, 124 were women and 246 were children. Most of them are families."
http://www.ekathimerini.com/244058/article/ekathimerini/news/547-migrants-land-on-lesvos-in-largest-single-day-arrival-since-2015-2016
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