Five migrants died when a migrant boat capsized on Saturday morning, Greece’s coast guard said, with 40 people reported missing while 39 people were rescued, all men.
According to details, the boat sank 12 nautical miles southwest of the island. ERT Newswhich reported 40 missing.
Cargo ships plying in the area have so far rescued 39 people, mostly from Pakistan. Reuters.
A major rescue operation involving boats and aircraft was underway at sea near the island of Gaudos, south of Crete, when the boat capsized shortly after midnight, the coast guard said.
The first one was found dead on Saturday morning.
According to Athens News AgencyOne migrant is being treated in the intensive care unit in the ICU while three others are hospitalized with heart problems and hypothermia.
Saturday afternoon, the Coast Guard said AFP That the number of dead migrants has increased to five.
Also on Saturday, in two separate incidents near Gavdos, 88 migrants were carried by a British-flagged tanker and 47 by a Maltese-flagged cargo ship, about 28 nautical miles south and 40 nautical miles south. I was located. island, respectively.
Greece has seen a 25 percent increase in migrant arrivals this year, with Rhodes and the southeast Aegean up 30 percent, according to the Migration Ministry.
Several similar accidents have occurred in recent weeks. In late November, eight migrants, six of them minors, died on a route north of the island of Samos, often used by people smugglers.