Dozens more migrants reach a Greek island south of Crete as smugglers seek new routes
9 months, 1 week ago

Dozens more migrants reach a Greek island south of Crete as smugglers seek new routes

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — A boat carrying 91 migrants has reached a small island south of Crete that is seeing a spike in the arrival of people attempting the long and dangerous crossing from Africa, Greek authorities said Wednesday. In several cases, the Greek coast guard said they had crossed the Mediterranean Sea from the eastern Libyan port of Tobruk, having paid smuggling gangs up to $5,000 each for their passage. The island’s mayor has written to government officials seeking extra funding to cover arriving migrants’ immediate needs for food and lodging before their transport to Crete. But increased Greek and European Union sea patrols in the area have prompted smuggling gangs to ___ Follow AP’s global migration coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/migration

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8 dead, 18 rescued as speedboat carrying migrants capsizes near Greek island of Rhodes
4 days, 16 hours ago

8 dead, 18 rescued as speedboat carrying migrants capsizes near Greek island of Rhodes

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greeece — A speedboat carrying migrants capsized Friday morning off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes, leaving eight dead, Greek authorities said. The coast guard said the incident occurred while the speedboat was carrying out “dangerous maneuvers” to try and evade a patrol vessel, causing migrants to fall into the sea. AP AUDIO: 8 dead, 18 rescued as speedboat …

5 migrants die, 40 go missing as boat capsizes off Greece coast
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1 week, 3 days ago

5 migrants die, 40 go missing as boat capsizes off Greece coast

Firstpost  

A huge rescue operation involving vessels and aircraft was under way in the sea south of the island of Gavdos, south of Crete, after the boat capsized shortly after midnight, the coastguard said Five migrants died early Saturday when a migrant boat sank off Crete, Greece’s coastguard said, leaving 40 people reportedly missing while 39 survivors were rescued. The boat …

UN refugee agency expresses concern over rise in fatal migrant shipwrecks in Greece
3 weeks, 4 days ago

UN refugee agency expresses concern over rise in fatal migrant shipwrecks in Greece

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — The United Nations refugee agency has voiced concern at a rise in deaths of migrants trying to reach Greece by sea in small boats from Turkey, following two fatal shipwrecks this week. The UNHCR representative in Greece, Maria Clara Martin, said the migrant deaths “highlight the urgent need for long-term responses and safer and credible alternatives” for …

Greek and Turkish coast guards aim to boost cooperation against migrant smuggling
1 month, 1 week ago

Greek and Turkish coast guards aim to boost cooperation against migrant smuggling

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Senior Greek and Turkish coast guard officials have agreed to boost cooperation in restricting one of the main illegal migration routes into Europe, authorities said Wednesday. A Greek coast guard statement said Tuesday’s meeting on Greece’s eastern Aegean Sea island of Chios was the first of its kind in five years. The statement said the coast guard …

4 dead, 25 survivors in Greece after migrant smuggler allegedly forced his passengers overboard
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

4 dead, 25 survivors in Greece after migrant smuggler allegedly forced his passengers overboard

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Greek authorities have recovered the bodies of four people from the sea just off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes, while another 25 people have been found alive on land after a migrant smuggler allegedly forced his passengers overboard while transferring them from Turkey to Greece, the coast guard said Wednesday. Survivors told authorities …

Two Missing from Migrant Boat Sinking off Greece's Southernmost Island
2 months, 1 week ago

Two Missing from Migrant Boat Sinking off Greece's Southernmost Island

Associated Press  

Two people are missing after a boat carrying 100 migrants sank south of Greece. One body has been recovered, while 97 survivors were rescued by a Turkish-flagged cargo ship. Greek authorities have arrested two survivors, men aged 26 and 24, as suspected smugglers. The Coast Guard is continuing the search and rescue operation off southern Greece.

Smugglers throwing migrants off speedboats in Aegean Sea to avoid arrest, says Greek coast guard
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Smugglers throwing migrants off speedboats in Aegean Sea to avoid arrest, says Greek coast guard

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Smugglers ferrying migrants from Turkey to Greece’s eastern islands have in two cases adopted the new and dangerous tactic of knocking some passengers off their speedboats into the sea to avoid capture by pursuing coast guards, Greek authorities say. The Greek coast guard said Tuesday that in one case over the weekend a Palestinian and an Afghan …

Greek authorities rescued 147 migrants trying to reach the country in small boats
4 months ago

Greek authorities rescued 147 migrants trying to reach the country in small boats

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Greek authorities rescued nearly 150 migrants trying to reach the country by sea in small boats over a 24-hour period, officials said Wednesday, including one that had 115 people crammed into it. A coast guard statement said the vessel was located in distress Tuesday off the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos that’s close to the Turkish …

Greek authorities detain migrants on Crete as smugglers seek new routes
4 months ago

Greek authorities detain migrants on Crete as smugglers seek new routes

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Authorities on the southern Greek island of Crete detained 76 migrants early Tuesday after they arrived on three boats, as smugglers seek new routes in the region to evade coast guard patrols. The migrants from Syria, Egypt, Sudan and Bangladesh included six children and arrived before dawn on the tiny island of Gavdos, near Crete’s southern coast, …

A predawn operation has rescued 77 migrants from a crippled yacht off Greece’s Aegean Sea islands
6 months ago

A predawn operation has rescued 77 migrants from a crippled yacht off Greece’s Aegean Sea islands

Associated Press  

A group of 77 migrants were rescued off a crippled sailing yacht after a large overnight operation in the southern Aegean Sea, Greek authorities said Monday. Nobody was reported missing or injured following the rescue between the islands of Amorgos and Astypalaia, Greece’s coast guard said. Three coast guard vessels, four merchant ships in the area and two smaller private …

Italy works to transfer thousands of migrants who reached a tiny island in a day
1 year, 3 months ago

Italy works to transfer thousands of migrants who reached a tiny island in a day

Associated Press  

LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, Italy — A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as authorities worked to transfer to the mainland thousands of people who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week. Lampedusa’s mayor, Filippo Mannino, lashed out at the European Union for leaving Italy alone to handle large numbers of arriving …

On a tiny Greek island, 14 migrants and body of man found after their dinghy sank
1 year, 3 months ago

On a tiny Greek island, 14 migrants and body of man found after their dinghy sank

LA Times  

Migrants in a dinghy head toward the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey in February 2020. Greece’s coast guard found a group of 14 migrants and the body of a man on the shore of a tiny island in the eastern Aegean Sea on Tuesday morning, authorities said. The five men, six women and three …

Hundreds more migrants reach the Greek islands in boats and smaller vessels from Turkey
1 year, 3 months ago

Hundreds more migrants reach the Greek islands in boats and smaller vessels from Turkey

The Independent  

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Hundreds more migrants reach the Greek islands in boats and smaller vessels from Turkey
1 year, 3 months ago

Hundreds more migrants reach the Greek islands in boats and smaller vessels from Turkey

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — More than 450 migrants reached Greece’s Aegean Sea islands in boats from Turkey in less than two days, Greek authorities said Thursday, including 51 people who made landfall on the high-end resort of Mykonos. In the Mykonos incident, a Greek coast guard statement said a motor yacht that had landed 42 men, eight women and a child …

About 150 migrants rescued from two sailboats off western Greece and in the Aegean Sea
1 year, 3 months ago

About 150 migrants rescued from two sailboats off western Greece and in the Aegean Sea

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — About 150 migrants were rescued from overloaded sailboats provided by smugglers in two separate incidents Wednesday far off a western Greek island and off a Cycladic island near the Greek capital, the coast guard said. In the first case, a group of 76 people was rescued from a yacht in distress 64 nautical miles southwest of the …

Greek authorities report hundreds of migrant arrivals on islands over the past three days
1 year, 4 months ago

Greek authorities report hundreds of migrant arrivals on islands over the past three days

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — More than 300 migrants have arrived on Greek islands, most near the Turkish coast, over the past three days in separate incidents reported by the coast guard. On Thursday, the coast guard said authorities had found 107 people the previous day on the islands of Samos, Mykonos and the tiny island of Ro, which lies in the …

Greece’s coast guard rescues 52 people from migrant sailboat anchored off remote uninhabited island
1 year, 4 months ago

Greece’s coast guard rescues 52 people from migrant sailboat anchored off remote uninhabited island

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s coast guard on Tuesday rescued 52 people crammed onto a sailing boat anchored off an uninhabited island far from the country’s mainland, authorities said. Separately Tuesday, 19 people were rescued from a dinghy that had lost steering northeast of the eastern Aegean island of Samos. Another 18 in a different dinghy were picked up later in …

Greek authorities meet on migration as arrivals by land and sea are increasing
1 year, 4 months ago

Greek authorities meet on migration as arrivals by land and sea are increasing

Associated Press  

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Greece’s government met on Friday to try to improve coordination on migration as a group of 102 migrants crossed by land from Turkey and other parts of the Mediterranean country saw a spike in arrivals by sea. In the northeastern Evros region, police said the 102 migrants — 55 Syrians, 46 Iraqis and a Lebanese woman — …

Greek authorities charge 2 migrants for destroying dinghy carrying 40 as rescue boat approached
1 year, 4 months ago

Greek authorities charge 2 migrants for destroying dinghy carrying 40 as rescue boat approached

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Greek authorities rescued 40 migrants from a sinking dinghy in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday and charged two of them with causing a shipwreck and endangering lives for allegedly scuttling the flimsy vessel as a coast guard boat approached. A coast guard statement said all 40 people were in good health after being picked up from the …

2 men arrested in Greece for allegedly smuggling migrants across Aegean Sea to wildfire-hit island
1 year, 4 months ago

2 men arrested in Greece for allegedly smuggling migrants across Aegean Sea to wildfire-hit island

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Greek authorities have arrested two people for allegedly smuggling 35 migrants across the Aegean Sea, using an unusual itinerary that brought them to a wildfire-afflicted island close to the mainland. The coast guard said the two men were stopped off the island of Evia late Tuesday on a 15-meter speedboat heading east in the direction of Turkey, …

A look at migration trends behind the latest shipwreck off Greece
1 year, 6 months ago

A look at migration trends behind the latest shipwreck off Greece

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Wednesday's deadly shipwreck off southern …

A look at migration trends behind the latest shipwreck off Greece
1 year, 6 months ago

A look at migration trends behind the latest shipwreck off Greece

Associated Press  

ROME — Wednesday’s deadly shipwreck off southern Greece, involving a large boat carrying migrants that capsized after apparently rebuffing offers of help, is just the latest case of smugglers packing vessels full of desperate people willing to risk their lives to reach continental Europe. Greek coast guard, navy and merchant vessels and aircraft launched a vast search and rescue operation …

Greece: 71 migrants aboard boat reaching southern island
2 years, 4 months ago

Greece: 71 migrants aboard boat reaching southern island

The Independent  

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Greece rescues cargo ship carrying 400 migrants and refugees
3 years, 1 month ago

Greece rescues cargo ship carrying 400 migrants and refugees

Al Jazeera  

The Greek coastguard says the rescue operation was ‘one of the largest’ ever carried out in the Eastern Mediterranean. Greece has mounted a rescue operation for a cargo ship carrying about 400 migrants and refugees after it sent out a distress signal off the island of Crete, according to the country’s coastguard. The Greek coastguard quoted passengers as saying the …

Greece accuses Turkey of escorting migrant smuggling boats
3 years, 8 months ago

Greece accuses Turkey of escorting migrant smuggling boats

The Independent  

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