{"id":14910,"date":"2026-04-22T19:08:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/nearly-40-migrants-rescued-from-small-boat-south-of-crete\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:08:36","slug":"nearly-40-migrants-rescued-from-small-boat-south-of-crete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/nearly-40-migrants-rescued-from-small-boat-south-of-crete\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 40 migrants rescued from small boat south of Crete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1301630\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/migrants_crete-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/migrants_crete.jpg\" alt=\"Nearly 40 migrants rescued from small boat south of Crete\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/migrants_crete-960x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Handout\/Hellenic Coast Guard]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A merchant vessel south of Crete has rescued 38 migrants whose small boat ran into trouble trying to reach the Greek island from north Africa, state ERT television reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The new rescue came as Crete has turned into the main single destination for people from the Middle East and Africa seeking to reach Greece, as a first step to pursuing a better life in Europe\u2019s prosperous heartland.<\/p>\n<p>The migrants were located by a Liberian-flagged tanker 17 miles south of the islet of Chrysi off southern Crete, following a search and rescue operation launched by the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n<p>They were to be taken to the southeastern port of Ierapetra.<\/p>\n<p>According to United Nations data, nearly 2,500 people have reached Crete so far this year after departing from eastern Libya on small boats provided by smuggling gangs. That\u2019s more than any other point of arrival in Greece, and accounts for about half of all arrivals by sea since January 1, even though the passage involved is much longer and riskier than the more conventional route from Turkey to Greece\u2019s eastern Aegean Sea islands.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, aboiut 6,700 migrants have entered Greece illegally this year.<\/p>\n<p>Greek officials say senior Coast Guard officers have been sent to Libya to try to talk local authorities into limiting the flow of migration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1301630\/nearly-40-migrants-rescued-from-small-boat-south-of-crete\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Handout\/Hellenic Coast Guard] A merchant vessel south of Crete has rescued 38 migrants whose small boat ran into trouble trying to reach the Greek island from north Africa, state ERT television reported Wednesday. 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