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The Latest: 78 refugees rescued off Greece in 2 incidents

A man looks a t a Macedonian soldier during a protest at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Thursday, May 5, 2016. Migrants and refugees protested against the poor camp conditions and the closed border. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A man looks a t a Macedonian soldier during a protest at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Thursday, May 5, 2016. Migrants and refugees protested against the poor camp conditions and the closed border. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

By Associated Press 3 min read

ROME (AP) – The Latest on Europe’s response to the wave of migration from the Middle East and elsewhere (all times local):

7:25 p.m.

The Greek coast guard says 78 refugees have been rescued from crippled smugglers’ boats in two separate incidents in the eastern Aegean Sea.

A patrol vessel from the European Union’s Frontex border agency picked up 56 people off the island of Chios on Thursday, and a Greek coast guard launch rescued another 22 off the nearby islet of Panaghia.

More than 1 million refugees and other migrants have reached the Greek islands from nearby Turkey since the beginning of 2015, on their way to Europe’s prosperous heartland.