Ferry BLUE STAR CHIOS, serving Aegeon Pelagos routes, encountered migrants unrest when about to leave Rhodes port, Rhodes island, on Oct 29. Some 400 migrants blocked ferry ramp, demanding their immediate transfer from the island to someplace which suits them more. Reports mention a conflict between migrants and regular passengers. Details of unrest mitigation remain unreported, but ferry managed to leave Rhodes at around 1510 LT (EEST), and as of 1610 EEST she was under way, bound for Piraeus. Where next?
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