ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Dozens of migrants present in a picket boat on the Mediterranean Sea between northern Africa and southern Europe have been transported to the Greek island of Crete, Greece’s coast guard stated Monday.
The boat with 74 individuals on board was discovered 25 nautical miles (46 kilometers, 29 miles) south of the small Greek island of Gavdos on Sunday night time, the coast guard stated, including {that a} patrol boat transported the 73 males and one lady to Crete.
It was not instantly clear the place or when the boat had launched or what international locations the passengers had been from.
Greece is a significant entry level into the European Union for individuals fleeing battle and poverty within the Center East, Africa and Asia.
Gavdos, which lies 27 nautical miles south of Crete, and Crete’s southern shoreline have seen a rise in migrant arrivals in latest months. In a number of instances, the coast guard stated they’d crossed the Mediterranean from the jap Libyan port of Tobruk, having paid smuggling gangs as much as $5,000 every.
The inflow has put stress on authorities on Gavdos, a summer time tourism vacation spot about 29 sq. kilometers (11 sq. miles) in space that has just some dozen residents within the off season.
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