"Overall 97 persons (were rescued) yesterday, including three who are presumed traffickers," a coastguard spokeswoman told AFP, adding they have all been taken to the western city of Pylos.
"The traffickers are being detained in the police station and the other 94 persons are in a stadium" on a temporary basis, she said.
The boat first encountered difficulties late on Monday and the rescue operation, in which 13 vessels and one helicopter participated, was completed yesterday.
Two pregnant women and an elderly woman were taken to the city's health centre as a precautionary measure, the state-run Athens News Agency reported.
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