Thirteen migrants found dead and 18 rescued from boat off Greece's Crete island
The National · 9 Nov 2026

Thirteen migrants found dead and 18 rescued from boat off Greece's Crete island

The Greek coast guard said it recovered 13 bodies and rescued 18 migrants from a stricken boat off Crete on Monday after the crew of a container ship spotted it at sea. The Morocco-flagged ship found the boat about 28 kilometres off the port of Kaloi Limenes. The survivors and the bodies were brought ashore, the coastguard said. It added that one of four people taken to hospital later died. The circumstances surrounding the deaths were not immediately clear.


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