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Greece requests Frontex assistance with migrant surge
By EUobserver
The Greek coast guard has sent a second request within three weeks for additional assistance from EU's border agency Frontex to tackle a recent surge in migrant flows to the eastern Aegean islands, reported Greek daily Kathimerini. The Turkish coast guard stops five to seven boats with refugees daily in its waters, while the Greek guard responds to some 30 incidents daily, the paper reported.