Greece retrieved the bodies \u200bof 12 dead migrants from a \u200cboat sailing off the \u200bisland of Crete early \u2060on Monday (November 9, 2026), its coast guard said.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear \u200chow the migrants died.<\/p>\n
Also Read: The roots of Europe\u2019s refugee crisis<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n The coast guard rescued \u200canother 18 people from \u200cthe \u2060boat about 15 nautical \u2060miles off the port of Kaloi Limenes and dozens of others in \u200btwo other \u200cincidents off Crete, a coast guard official said, adding that they will all be \u200ctaken ashore.<\/p>\n Greece, for years \u200ba favoured gateway to Europe for migrants and \u2060refugees from West Asia, Africa and Asia, was \u200cat the front line of Europe\u2019s migration crisis in 2015-2016<\/a> and nearly 1 million people landed on its islands, mainly from Turkey.<\/p>\n Total \u200cmigrant arrivals have ebbed since \u200bAthens has bolstered sea and border patrols\u2060, but sea arrivals from northeastern Libya \u2060of migrants trying to cross to Europe \u200cthrough Crete have surged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/trf8h0\/article71602349.ece\/alternates\/SQUARE_80\/AFP_D3P64G3.jpg\")
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