Eighty-two migrants rescued south of Crete

The rescued were safely transported to the port of Agia Galini.

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The Greek coast guard has intercepted 325 refugees in 24 hours off the coast of Crete. According to Greek public radio ERTnews, the refugees were spotted on board six boats south of the island. The coast guard has detained six suspected people smugglers who were driving the boats. According to the refugees themselves, they set off from the Libyan port of Tobruk. The six boats intercepted in 24 hours are a significant number, as a total of 63 boa…

In the last 24 hours alone, the Greek coast guard picked up 325 people; almost all of them came from Libya. The number of crossings is increasing significantly: already almost as many boats have arrived as the whole year before.

Eighty-two migrants rescued south of Crete

Eighty-two foreign nationals were rescued on Saturday morning in the sea south of the small island of Gavdos, near Crete, the Greek Coast Guard said.

In the morning of this Saturday, Salvamento Marítimo rescued 15 people, all of Maghrebi origin, on board a boat near the beach of La Caleta.Following a warning from the Guardia Civil around 09.30 hours, alerting of the presence of a boat near the Gaditan coast, Salvamento mobilized the boat Salvamar Suhail to go out in search.At 10.30 am, the team of Salvamento Marítimo was able to locate the boat by sighting a flare from the sky.