ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek authorities have discovered the physique of a person and rescued 39 migrants at sea after their boat capsized off the southern Mediterranean island of Gavdos, the coast guard mentioned on Saturday.
Many lacking, in response to witnesses, and the coast guard has launched a search operation assisted by ships and planes since being alerted to the incident Friday night.
In separate incidents on Saturday, a Maltese-flagged cargo ship rescued 47 migrants from a ship crusing about 40 nautical miles off Gavdos, whereas an oil tanker rescued one other 88 migrants some 28 nautical miles off the coast. small island in southern Greece.
In accordance with preliminary data, the coast guard believes that the boats left collectively from Libya.
Greece was a most well-liked gateway to the European Union for migrants and refugees from the Center East, Africa and Asia in 2015-2016, when virtually one million folks landed on its islands , primarily by way of inflatable boats.
Incidents involving migrant boats and shipwrecks off Crete and its smaller neighbor Gavdos, comparatively remoted within the central Mediterranean, have elevated over the previous 12 months.
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