Twenty-two migrants have died after their boat drifted for six days without food or water off the coast of Crete, with 26 ...

Survivors tell coastguard smugglers ordered victims to be thrown overboard after running out of food and water ...

Twenty-two people were reported dead on Saturday after a migrant boat was rescued off the Greek island of Crete, according to public broadcaster ERT. The vessel was reportedly spotted early Friday by ...

Survivors tell authorities the bodies of those who died were thrown overboard by people smugglers.

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 ...

A group of new arrivals to Crete in the abandoned exhibition centre on the outskirts of Chania - Jamie Lorriman He walks over, a tall, rangy figure with a polite smile, to ask for an explanation.

TYMPAKI, Greece -- Crete, Greece's largest island, saw a threefold increase in irregular migration last year, even as overall irregular migration to Europe fell by 26% in 2025 compared with the ...

LAVRIO, Greece — More than 500 migrants arrived at the port of Lavrio near Athens on Thursday after being intercepted south of the island of Crete, as Greece implements emergency measures to address a ...