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Greek Coast Guard Searching for Five Missing Migrants and Refugees in the East Aegean Sea

The Hellenic Coast Guard is currently conducting a search operation for five people, who were on boats that capsized, while transporting migrants and refugees to Greece on Saturday. Four of the missing people are minors. One of the two boats, was operated by migrant smugglers, and had...

Smugglers Leave 70-Year-Old Disabled Woman Stranded

Cruel and ruthless traffickers smuggled a 70-year-old disabled woman who could not walk and a special needs person from Turkey to Greece and left them stranded on a rocky cliff, under the sun in the area near the Marathoundas...

Around 240 Illegal Migrants Found in the Aegean

The Hellenic Coast Guard rescued 237 illegal migrants in seven separate incidents that occurred in the Aegean Sea, Greece over the last 24 hours. The location and rescue operation were conducted off the coast of three Greek islands located...

Police End Hostage Situation in Greek Ship Traveling to Piraeus

The passengers on the Greek ship KRITI II witnessed a terrifying experience when a women was held hostage by a man in the ship’s café area. According to the passengers, the man suddenly started yelling and causing problems. Before anyone...

Norman Atlantic: DNA Tests to be Used to Identify Corpses

The Operational Center of the Italian authorities continues their investigation to track those who were on board of the ferry boat “Norman Atlantic” and are still missing. As stated, the prosecutor of Bari who is in charge of the investigation...

Burning Ferry Off Greece: 10 Dead, Fears for Dozens Missing [Video]

The number of deaths resulting from the burning ferry-boat "Norman Atlantic" has increased to ten according to the latest information emerging from the Italian Coast Guard and the country's media. In addition, increasing worries are expressed regarding the number...

Airlift Operation Overnight for Hundreds Trapped in Burning Ferry Off Greece, One Dead [video]

Some 165 passengers have been rescued so far from the Italian-flagged burning ferry-boat "Norman Atlantic," which belongs to the Greek ferry line ANEK, sailing from Patras in western Greece to the Italian port of Ancona and was replacing the...

Adrift Ship Carrying 200 Illegal Migrants Spotted Near Pylos

On the morning of December 19, a ship carrying some 200 illegal migrants was found floating adrift, 117 nautical miles southwest of the Greek town of Pylos in the Peloponnese, after the Italian coast guard alerted the Unified Search and...

Greek F-16 Crashes South of Crete

A Hellenic Air Force F-16 jet crashed off the southern coast of Crete in southern Greece earlier today due to mechanical failure during a scheduled training exercise, the Greek National Defense Ministry announced. According to the Ministry, the two...

Ship with 700 Immigrants Adrift off Crete

A cargo ship carrying some 700 immigrants from various countries sails ungoverned 30 nautical miles southeast of Crete, Greece. M/V "Baris," which is bearing a Kiribati flag (a small Pacific Ocean island nation), is sailing adrift after a mechanical...