Surviving Greece's migrant boat disaster

Surviving Greece's migrant boat disaster

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The back-to-back shipwrecks of migrant boats off Greece that left at least 22 people dead in a week has once again put the spotlight on the dangers of the Mediterranean migration route to Europe. 

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