02-01-2019 17:52 via kvoa.com

Greece makes 3 migrants citizens for their wildfire rescues

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Three migrant fishermen have been awarded Greek citizenship after rescuing scores of people forced into the sea by a major wildfire outside Athens that left 100 people dead last summer.
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos hosted the ceremony Wednesday for Gani Xheka from Albania and Egyptians Emad El Khaimi and Mahmoud Ibrahim Musa. They pulled fire survivors from the sea and took them to a nearby port after the out-of-control wildfire reached the shoreline and gutte
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