Immigration: 243 Arrivals in Crete in a Single Day, Barrage of Operations by the Coast Guard

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The migrants were spotted by Frontex aircraft and picked up by Coast Guard vessels and a nearby tanker.

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Articles Another boat with migrants was spotted on Tuesday afternoon (25/08) off the southern coast of Heraklion, approximately 29 nautical miles south of Kala Lipena. The boat carrying 45 people, 16 from Sudan, including two women, a minor from Egypt and 28 men from Bangladesh, was spotted by a Frontex aircraft, while the migrants were transferred to land by a Coast Guard ship. It is recalled that earlier today, in two different boats, in the s…