Greek ship picks up migrants off Turkish coast
Q. Name the port where a Greek government chartered ferry arrived near Athens, after picking up almost 2,500 migrants from islands near the Turkish coast?- Published on 31 Aug 15a. Piraeus
b. Cape Matapan
c. Palermo
d. Cyclades
ANSWER: Piraeus
The migrants, most of them Syrian refugees, boarded the Eleftherios Venizelos car ferry in Kos, Kalymnos, Leros and Lesvos in the past few days. The influx of migrants in Greece has increased dramatically in the past month to around 50,000. Greece has become the main transit point for migrants into the European Union in the past few months, with UN officials estimating that almost 160,000 have arrived on its shores since January.
