Coast guard who rescued thousands of refugees honored at port

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Coast guard who rescued thousands of refugees honored at port

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Author: ekathimerini.com | 4 February 2019

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A section of the port on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos is being named after Kyriakos Papadopoulos, the late coast guard officer who distinguished himself during the peak of the refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016 and was credited with more than 5,000 rescues. Read more>>>