DHAKA: About 900 migrants have been rescued near the Greek island of Lesbos, the EU border agency Frontex has said.

According to BBC news, the migrants were taken aboard a Bulgarian ship on patrol between Lesbos's port of Mytilene and the Turkish coast.

Frontex said it was picking up all the migrants it encountered at sea because bad weather made the crossing more dangerous during the winter.

More than 1m people arrived in the EU in 2015, making it Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War Two.

BDST: 1215 HRS, FEB 19, 2016
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