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Eight bodies recovered off Lesbos

Since the night of Apr 24, 2017, crews aboard the "KBV 476" and "KBV 477" have participated in a rescue mission off Lesbos. At midnight, Swedish time, the crew aboard the "KBV 476" was alerted to an accident involving a migrant boat north of Lesbos. After receiving an assigned search area, the crew worked intensively throughout the night looking for survivors but without results. At 8 a.m., the "KBV 476" was released by the "KBV 477" which continued the search. At 10 a.m. the "KBV 477" discovered six perished migrants in the water on the north side of the island. In cooperation with volunteers, the bodies were transported quickly to the port of Petra by the boat. Then the "KBV 477" returned to the site and found two more bodies who were also taken ashore. The search for missing migrants continued.

FRONTEX boat saved 56 migrants

On March 19, 2017, the "KBV 477" rescued 56 migrants etween Greece and Turkey. In the morning the patrol boat was contacted on channel 16 after a NATO ship observed a rubber boat on the way to Greece. Just over ten minutes later, the crew aboard the "KBV 477" located the rubber boat and started with the embarkation of the 35 men, 14 women and seven children. They were taken to Skala Sikaminea on Lesbos. Swedish report with photo: https://www.kustbevakningen.se/frontex/operation-triton2/nyheter-operation-poseidon/56-personer-raddade-efter-ny-insats-pa-lesbos/

Patrol boat rescued 51 migrants

The "KBV 477" rescued 51 migrants from a rubber boat in the early morning of Oct 26, 2016. A Swedish police helicopter participating in the operation Poseidon had located the gray rubber boat which was just level with the surface. The boat was overloaded and took in water. Among the rescued were 11 women and 12 children. All were taken to Lesbos.