Aegean Sea
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| Area | 214000 |
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| Max. depth | 3,544 m (11,627 feet) |
| Coordinates | 39°N |
| Etymology | Aegeus |
| Islands | Santorini |
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| Icaria | |
| Did you know | The Dardanelles strait connects the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. |
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| ID | 1003346 |
About Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, or between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. The sea has an area of some 215,000 square kilometres.
UN condemns 'deeply distressing' discovery of 92 naked migrants at Greece-Turkey border
... Last month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used a UN address to accuse Greece of transforming the Aegean Sea into a " cemetery" with " oppressive policies" on immigration...
Greek cliff rescue in double migrant tragedy off Lesbos and Kythira
... " While Lesbos is a short distance from the coast of western Turkey, Kythira lies some 400km (250km) west of Turkey s coastline on the Aegean Sea and is on what has become known as the smugglers " Calabrian" route, named after their destination in southern Italy...
Channel migrants: 20 years of failures?
... The previous year, hundreds of thousands of Syrians fleeing the collapse of their country made it to the European Union by crossing the Aegean Sea in dinghies...
Poland border crisis: What happens to migrants who are turned away?
... Media caption, The family of asylum seekers trapped on Europe s edgeIn July, footage of Greek coastguard vessels violently intercepting migrants attempting to cross the Aegean Sea, broadcast on the BBC, drew a sharp rebuke from the EU...
News Daily: Starter homes pledge and Lib Dem election promise
... The 45-year-old New Zealander was rescued from the Aegean Sea, north of Crete, on Sunday...
Tourist lost at sea off Greek island 'survived by eating sweets'
... Kushila Stein, 45, from New Zealand, was rescued from the Aegean Sea, north of Crete, on Sunday...
News Daily: Thomas Cook collapse and Labour Brexit row
... It was at one such class that Gavin Extence met Zeyn, an Iranian refugee who, in a five-minute conversation, explained how he had fled Iran for the UK to seek asylum, including swimming across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece...
Gavin Extence: Sheffield author on his Syrian refugee novel
... It was at one such class that Gavin Extence met Zeyn, an Iranian refugee who, in a five-minute conversation, explained how he had fled Iran for the UK to seek asylum, including swimming across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece...
News Daily: Thomas Cook collapse and Labour Brexit row
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Thomas Cook collapsesThe effort to bring back 150,000 people to the UK - - has begun, following the collapse of tour operator Thomas Cook . The 178-year-old company has entered compulsory liquidation, putting 22,000 jobs worldwide At Risk - 9,000 of them in the UK.
The Civil Aviation Authority and the government have hired dozens of planes to bring customers back free-of-charge. ministers say.
Meanwhile, Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom is urging the Insolvency Service to "fast-track" its investigation into what has gone wrong at Thomas Cook , described by one expert as "the mightiest brand in travel".
Labour conference: Corbyn told to resolve Brexit divisionsSenior Remain-supporting figures in Labour are putting Mr Corbyn's policy is To Let The Public decide in another referendum, saying that his own stance would depend on what kind of deal he could reach with Brussels, if he becomes Prime Minister .
But shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said Labour must "lead The Campaign to remain", and deputy leader Tom Watson argued that doing this would mean "we can deliver a Labour government".
However, Unite union boss Len Mccluskey has denied talk of divisions at Labour's annual conference in Brighton as "fake news". Members vote on Brexit policy later.
Meanwhile, Labour is - help with washing, eating and Dressing - in England for over-65s most in need of it.
Emmy Awards: British stars win bigThe Emmy Awards, celebrating top-quality television, have taken place, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, creator of the BBC comedy series Fleabag, Killing Eve star Jodie Comer had a Good Night at The Ceremony in Los Angeles too.
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The five-minute chat that led to refugee novelBy Duncan Leatherdale
Alix Extence was desperate to get her despondent husband out of The House after a hoard of publishers had rejected his first novel. So she signed him up to teach English to foreign nationals in their home city of Sheffield, hoping that would get him out of his slump.
It was at one such class that Gavin Extence met Zeyn, an Iranian refugee who, in a five-minute conversation, explained how he had fled Iran for the UK to seek asylum, including swimming across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece. "It was eye-opening," Extence says. "I was astonished. I went home and started looking at maps just to see how it could be done. "
What the papers sayThomas Cook customers face a the Daily Mail warns on its Front Page , while The Sun focuses on the size of the efforts to get home those left on holiday. Meanwhile, the i says Labour faces "civil" war over Brexit, with The Daily Telegraph reporting that Jeremy Corbyn could be confronted with a "full-scale revolt" by MPs over his "neutral" position. Elsewhere, the Daily Star , in the latest of its splashes on "psycho" seagulls, claims TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson is being "terrorised" by them.
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