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The Latest: Greek coast guard rescues boat with 131 migrants

A woman uses a makeshift swing for a small child at the  Kara Tepe camp for refugees and other migrants on Lesbos island, Greece, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. More than a million migrants and refugees crossed through Greece and on to other EU countries since the start of 2016, while over 60,000 have been stranded in the country since the EU-Turkey deal took effect and the Balkan transit route north was closed. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A woman uses a makeshift swing for a small child at the Kara Tepe camp for refugees and other migrants on Lesbos island, Greece, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. More than a million migrants and refugees crossed through Greece and on to other EU countries since the start of 2016, while over 60,000 have been stranded in the country since the EU-Turkey deal took effect and the Balkan transit route north was closed. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A woman uses a makeshift swing for a small child at the Kara Tepe camp for refugees and other migrants on Lesbos island, Greece, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. More than a million migrants and refugees crossed through Greece and on to other EU countries since the start of 2016, while over 60,000 have been stranded in the country since the EU-Turkey deal took effect and the Balkan transit route north was closed. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

PIERREFEU, France (AP) – The Latest on Europe’s migration crisis (all times local):

3:50 p.m.

Greece’s coast guard says a boat carrying 131 migrants was found rudderless in southwestern Greece.

The boat was pulled into the port of Methoni and all passengers are reportedly safe.

A coast guard spokesman, speaking Saturday on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press the migrants have been taken to a sports facility to be registered and questioned. He said he had no information about their nationalities or the boat’s point of origin.