Greek Coast Guard rescues migrants in two separate incidents

Hellenic Coast Guard picked up migrants in two separate incidents on Wednesday, in one case left by a human trafficker on a beach of Kos island and in another rescuing them off a sailboat adrift off southern Peloponnese.

In the incident on Kos, a speedboat driver left 17 migrants near the Psalidi coast and tried to flee but was eventually arrested, the Coast Guard said.

The man drove his speedboat towards the Turkish coast but returned to Kos after being pursued by the Coast Guard. He got off on the island and was found by local authorities on the coastal road with no travel documents. He was arrested by officers of the island's port authority security.

The 17 migrants reportedly identified the man as the person who drove the speedboat.

Another Coast Guard vessel picked up 63 migrants from a drifting sailboat after its engine failed off Cape Matapan, known as Cape Tainaros, south of Sparta.

The migrants were

Ads1

Ads1
Gct

Recent Posts

Ambassador Maslov: "Only 15,000 Russians visited Greece, down from 1.3 million"

The Russian Ambassador cited statistics showing that only 15,000 Russians visited Greece over a ten-month…

7 minutes ago

Kos: 42-year-old Pakistani man attempted to rape his friend's Greek wife

A 50-year-old Greek woman reported that a 42-year-old man attempted to rape her at her…

36 minutes ago

Greek Wine Expo Oenorama Returns to Zappeion Hall March 7–10

Oenorama, the world's largest exhibition of Greek wines, will return to Zappeion Hall in Athens…

3 hours ago

Athens Taxi Strike Today Over Road Traffic Code

Taxi drivers in Athens will stage a six-hour work stoppage today, from 9:00 AM to…

3 hours ago

Greek Hospitals in Crisis: Doctors Struggle to Cope Amid Overcrowding

Greek public hospitals are facing a growing crisis as overcrowding, staff shortages, and a surge…

3 hours ago

Greece Completes Framework for Data Centre Development

Greece has finalised its institutional framework for data centre licensing, paving the way for the…

4 hours ago