The Greek coast guard recovered the bodies of 12 migrants from a boat off the island of Crete early on Monday, 9 November, and rescued 18 people from the same vessel.
The boat was spotted about 15 nautical miles (28 kilometres) off the port of Kaloi Limenes, on Crete’s southern coast, by a passing Moroccan-flagged container ship. A coast guard patrol vessel took the 18 survivors aboard and recovered the bodies, and was heading for the port of Agia Galini.
It was not immediately clear how the migrants died, and the coast guard gave no details about their identities.
In two separate operations overnight, a Frontex aircraft spotted a boat carrying about 47 people some 30 nautical miles south of Kaloi Limenes, and a Frontex drone located another boat with about 40 people on board 31 nautical miles to the south-east. Frontex vessels rescued all 87 people from the two boats.
In all, about 117 people were found in the three operations, of whom 105 were rescued alive, the coast guard said.
Source: Reuters — https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greece-recovers-12-dead-migrants-boat-off-crete-coast-guard-says-2026-11-09/
