VIDEO: Coastguard rescue 78 refugees from stranded wooden boat off Greece

A Greek patrol boat has rescued 78 people on a wooden boat that ran aground off the eastern Aegean island of Kos after sailing from nearby Turkey.

VIDEO: Coastguard rescue 78 refugees from stranded wooden boat off Greece

A Greek patrol boat has rescued 78 people on a wooden boat that ran aground off the eastern Aegean island of Kos after sailing from nearby Turkey.

The boat hit sandy shallows near the northern coast of Kos on Thursday, and those on board were picked up by a coast guard vessel and transported to the island’s harbour.

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