The Greek coast guard today (August 31, 2016) rescued 31 migrants from a crippled vessel off the country's western coast, after receiving a distress call, according to the ABC News website.
The coast guard said the boat was found today off the Greek island of Paxi, and the migrants were being transferred to the mainland port of Igoumenitsa.
The migrants -- whose nationalities were not immediately known -- were believed to have been heading to Italy.
Nearly 60,000 refugees from Asia and Africa remain in Greece, as several northern European countries have built fences on their borders and refused to accept any of them.
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