ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos have seen a steep rise in migrant boats landing on their shores from Libya this year, U.N. data shows, piling pressure on ill-equipped ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's conservative government promised on Monday to offer extra financial aid and more staff to help the island of Crete and its tiny neighbour Gavdos handle a steep rise in ...

More than 430 migrants were spotted and rescued about 25 nautical miles off Gavdos, Greece's southernmost island, on Sunday, the coastguard said in a statement. In a separate incident, also on Sunday, ...

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GAVDOS, Greece — Authorities in Greece say more than 1,200 migrants have been detained on the island of Crete and the nearby islet of Gavdos over the past three days, following a surge in arrivals ...

Greek authorities rescued 545 migrants from a fishing vessel off Gavdos on Friday in one of the largest operations in recent months, as arrivals from Libya to Greece's southernmost islands continue to ...

ATHENS, GreeceATHENS, Greece — A boat carrying 91 migrants has reached a small island south of Crete that is seeing a spike in the arrival of people attempting the long and dangerous crossing from ...

The coast guard is still searching for missing people on Wednesday after three migrants drowned in their boat that capsized off the southernmost island of Greece, Gavdos. A coast guard official ...

ATHENS, Greece — At least one man has died and two were missing after a wooden boat carrying 100 migrants sank south of the small southern Greek island of Gavdos on Wednesday, Greece’s coast guard ...

ATHENS, July 6 (Reuters) - Greece has rescued hundreds of migrants off its southern islands of Gavdos and Crete in five separate incidents since Friday, its coastguard said on Sunday. More than 430 ...