Crete authorities rescue dozens of migrants
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Greek authorities carried out a major rescue operation early on Friday morning, after a vessel carrying 545 migrants sent out a distress signal off the coast of Gavdos Island, south of Crete.
Breakdown
- 545 migrants rescued from vessel off Gavdos Island, south of Crete
- Rescue involved Coast Guard, Frontex, and commercial ships 13s
- Migrants, mostly men from Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan, brought to Crete 22s
- Migrants housed overnight in temporary Latsimas facility 29s
- Earlier rescue south of Gavdos saved 32 migrants 47s