Coast Guard Finds 24 Migrants, Including 11 Children, on Samothrace After Dinghy Landing

Greek Coast Guard authorities have located 24 migrants, including 11 minors, on the island of Samothrace after being alerted to an inflatable boat spotted in the area, officials said. The Samothrace Port Authority received a report about a dinghy near Agkistro, prompting a Coast Guard patrol vessel and a land patrol unit to respond. Search teams located the group — six men, seven women and 11 minors — in a semi-mountainous area near Lagkadioti beach. The migrants were transferred to the Samo...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA