Migrant Boat Capsizes South of Crete: At Least 14 Dead, 18 Rescued
In the early hours of November 9, a migrant boat got into trouble about 15 nautical miles south of Kaloi Limenes, off the Greek island of Crete, where it was spotted by a Morocco-flagged container ship. The Hellenic Coast Guard recovered 13 bodies and rescued 18 people, four of whom were taken to hospital, including a toddler; one of the injured later died in hospital, bringing the death toll from this boat to 14.
The survivors were mainly from Sudan and Egypt. The boat is reported to have left Libya on November 3 or 4 and may have been at sea for days in strong winds; the cause of the capsizing remains unclear, and the coast guard continued searching the area.
It was the latest in a string of wrecks off Crete within three days. Over the same weekend another migrant boat sank south of Crete, with 8 bodies recovered and 28 Sudanese survivors rescued; on November 9 itself, the coast guard rescued another 187 people in three separate incidents off the island. The Associated Press put the three-day death toll in waters around Crete at 22.
According to UNHCR, more than 37,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in Greece so far in 2026, over 22,000 of them via the Crete route. The crossing from Libya has become one of the busiest, and deadliest, sea routes into Europe.
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(Source: Reuters)
Source: Reuters
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