611 Migrants Reach Crete in 16 Hours Across 13 Rescue Operations as Smugglers Shift Route From Turkey to Libya

The Hellenic Coast Guard has coordinated 13 search-and-rescue operations in a 16-hour window as 611 migrants arrived on Crete's southern coast from Libya — a single-day surge that overwhelmed local capacity and forced authorities to requisition passing commercial vessels to assist rescue crews. Among the emergency interventions, a Singapore-flagged cargo freighter intercepted three structurally compromised inflatable dinghies carrying 142 people and transferred them safely to the port of Agia...

By NEWSROOM IEFIMERIDA.GR