More than 80 migrants have been rescued in two separate incidents off southern Crete and the nearby island of Gavdos over two days, according to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
A dinghy carrying about 50 migrants was spotted Thursday morning by a Frontex drone 37 nautical miles southeast of Kali Limenes, on Crete’s southern coast.
Under the coordination of Greece’s Joint Rescue Coordination Center, a Coast Guard vessel picked up the passengers and transported them to the port of Kali Limenes.
The operation followed a similar rescue Wednesday, when a boat carrying 34 migrants was spotted by a Frontex aircraft about 24 nautical miles southwest of Gavdos, an island south of Crete.
The passengers were rescued by a Frontex vessel and were being transferred to the port of Paleochora in southern Crete, the AMNA reported.
