100 migrants rescued off Greece and smugglers detained
Saturday, July 22, 2023 / 14:54
The Greek Radio and Television Corporation (ABT) quoted today, Saturday, the Greek Coast Guard, as saying that they had picked up about 100 migrants who were on a boat off the Greek coast, and arrested 3 men suspected of being smugglers.
On Friday, the Coast Guard reported the discovery of 71 migrants on a sea boat near the island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea. They were supposed to be on their way to Italy from Turkey, and 27 other people were rescued from a boat off the coast of Rhodes Island.
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Greece plans to bring more rescued people to a camp for registration on the island of Kos. People smugglers routinely bring people on the dangerous sea voyage from Turkey and North African countries to EU member states Greece, Cyprus and Italy.
In mid-June, several hundred people died when an overcrowded fishing boat sank about 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the Greek coast.
