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A total of 88 migrants and refugees arrived on Greece's Aegean island of Chios in the past 24 hours, authorities said Wednesday.

No arrivals were recorded on the islands of Lesvos and Samos.

European lawmakers on Tuesday approved funding of over 1.5 million euros to assist three Greek islands that suffered widespread damage in a 6.1-Richter earthquake in November 2015.

The numbers of refugees and migrants landing on the Greek islands in the eastern Aegean Sea are on the rise. 167 migrants and refugees arrived on the island of Chios in just one day, while a total of 397 have landed there since last Friday. This brings the aggregate number to 4,047, double the 2,000 capacity of the organised reception centres.

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake has rocked the port town of Kyllini located on the Ionian Sea coast in the western Peloponnese. The tremor struck at approximately 4.34 am, Monday. No damage was reported, but locals are concerned as the seismic activity in the region is growing after another tremor shook the city of Kalamata last week.

The trial of a 40-year-old man accused of murdering his wife and burying her body in a field started on Tuesday at a court in Kastoria, northern Greece, with a considerable police presence.

The man admitted to killing 37-year-old Anthi Linardou in January after police found her remains in Velvento, near Kozani.

The man had previously denied knowing what happened to his wife.

The body of a woman who went missing in Nea Michaniona, near Thessaloniki, on September 7 during rainstorms that resulted in serious flooding in areas around the country was found in the Thermaic Gulf, 30 nautical miles from Poseidi in Halkidiki, authorities said on Monday.

A mild earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter square hit the Ionian island of Cephalonia early Monday, according to the Geodynamic Institute in Athens.

The tremor's epicenter was located 15 kilometers west of Lixouri.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

As simmering tensions threaten to boil over on the islands of the eastern and northern Aegean due to the prolonged stay of a growing number of refugees, Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas dismissed rumors on Friday that three more so-called hot spots will be created on the island of Chios.

The number of migrants and refugees stranded in Greece is estimated to be over 60,000, according to reports Tuesday.

A total of 143 individuals arrived on the Aegean island of Lesvos on Tuesday. Another 40 arrivals were recorded on Chios. The number of migrants and refugees on Greece's islands has reached 12,171.

Tens of houses, large areas of pinewood and farming lands have been burnt to ashes in the worst fire in the past 30 years on the island of Thasos, as the wildfire that broke out in Saturday, is raging for a third day in a row.