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Nearly 18K asylum seekers, would-be migrants on eastern Aegean isles

The number of third country asylum seekers (Mideast war refugees and would-be migrants) on Greece’s eastern Aegean islands hosted in shelters and “hotspots” numbered 17,771 as of July 3, 2018.

A relevant coordination agency said 9,472 people are on Lesvos; 3,887 on Samos; 2,054 on Hios and 1,199 on Kos.