SOME 350 people, thought to be refugees from Syria who may have paid more than $3,000 per person to escape the war-torn area, were safely ashore last night after a massive salvage operation of a fishing trawler that had fallen adrift southwest of the island.
A total of 345 people – 293 adults and 52 children – were given shelter at a processing and receiving terminal specially set up at Limassol harbour. There they were to receive medical attention and were next set to be transported to an army barracks in Kokkinotrimithia, near Nicosia.
