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Twelve migrants die in Greek coast-guard smuggling incidents
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- Twelve migrants died in separate incidents off Lesbos and Samos on Monday.
- Six people were killed off Lesbos when a speedboat collided with a coast-guard vessel.
- Five men and a woman drowned off Samos after their boat capsized during a coast-guard pursuit.
- Authorities rescued 22 survivors and arrested a Turkish and an Iranian suspect for smuggling.
- Shipping Minister Vassilis Kikilias said Greece maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward smugglers.