大约8名难民和移民在希腊海岸溺亡，当时海岸警卫队在爱琴海追赶他们的船只。

这艘快艇在试图逃离希腊海岸警卫队巡逻船时在罗德岛附近倾覆。

据当局称，尽管有18人获救，但该船的司机失去了控制，导致许多人落水。

8人的尸体也被找到，一架直升机四处寻找幸存者。目前尚不清楚船上有多少人。

当局表示，他们发现这艘船载有移民和难民，当时这艘船试图在罗德岛东海岸的阿方杜海滩附近让人们下船。

据希腊媒体Kathimerini报道，这艘船与海岸警卫船相撞，随后司机被逮捕。

根据移民和庇护部的数据，希腊的移民和难民入境人数增加了25%，罗德岛和爱琴海东南部地区的移民和难民入境人数增加了30%。

上个月底，两艘船在莱斯沃斯岛和萨摩斯群岛附近发生两起不同的事故，造成9人死亡，其中包括6名未成年人和2名妇女。12月初，他们的船在克里特岛附近沉没，另有5人死亡。

希腊被指责在过去几年对移民采取敌对态度。

人道主义组织指责其海岸警卫队试图拖拽移民船只或阻止移民下船，从而故意倾覆移民船只。

欧盟还报告了最近在爱琴海群岛上建立的欧盟资助的难民营侵犯人权的证据，包括对儿童的性暴力指控。

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英文原文

Around 8 refugees and migrants died after drowning off the Greek coast as the coastguard chased their boat in the Aegean Sea.



The speedboat capsized near Rhodes Island as it tried to escape the Greek Coast Guard’s Patrol vessel.



The boat’s driver lost control, resulting in many people falling overboard, per authorities, although 18 people were rescued.



Bodies of 8 people were also recovered while a helicopter looked around for any survivors.  It is unclear how many were on the boat.



Authorities stated they identified the boat with migrants and refugees as it tried to disembark people close to Afandou beach on the east coast of Rhodes Island.



According to Greek media outlet Kathimerini, the boat collided with the coast guard ship, after which the driver was arrested.



Greece witnessed a 25% increase in the number of migrant and refugee entries with a 30% rise in Rhodes and the southeastern Aegean region, per the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.



At the end of last month, 9 people, including 6 minors and 2 women died after two boats sank in two different accidents close to Lesbos and Samos islands.  Five more died near Crete Island in early December when their boat sank.



Greece is blamed for using a hostile approach towards migrants in the last few years.



Its coastguard has been accused by humanitarian groups of deliberately capsizing migrant vessels by trying to tow them or by preventing the people from disembarking.



The EU also reported evidence of human rights abuses at the recently built European Union-funded refugee camps on the Aegean Islands including allegations of ***ual violence against children.

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