2 migrants found dead on Greek island | Inquirer News

2 migrants found dead on Greek island

/ 03:36 PM March 20, 2016

A volunteer hugs a woman who cries for her unconscious husband after an overcrowded boat was carrying dozens of migrants and refugees from nearby Turkey arrived at the shore of the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Two migrants have been found dead on that boat that on the first day of the implementation of an agreement between the EU and Turkey on handling the new arrivals.AP PHOTO

A volunteer hugs a woman who cries for her unconscious husband after an overcrowded boat was carrying dozens of migrants and refugees from nearby Turkey arrived at the shore of the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Two migrants have been found dead on that boat that on the first day of the implementation of an agreement between the EU and Turkey on handling the new arrivals.AP PHOTO

MYTILENE, Greece— Two migrants have been found dead on a boat that arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos, on the first day of the implementation of an agreement between the EU and Turkey on handling the new arrivals.

Medical personnel performed CPR on the two men but failed to revive them.

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The overcrowded boat was carrying dozens of migrants from nearby Turkey on Sunday, the first day for the implementation of the migration agreement between the EU and Turkey. It stipulates how the new arrivals from Turkey will be processed and returned.

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Some 2,500 migrants currently on Lesbos and other islands are being taken to mainland Greece where they are placed in shelters before EU-wide relocation.

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