Greek coastguard launches search operation to search out dozens of lacking migrants with help from an Italian frigate, helicopters.
Greek authorities have recovered the physique of a person and rescued 39 migrants from the ocean after their boat capsized off the southern island of Gavdos within the Mediterranean, the coastguard stated.
Many are nonetheless lacking, in accordance with witnesses, and the coastguard has launched a search operation on Saturday assisted by vessels and plane.
An Italian frigate and helicopters had been working on the web site, with extra ships heading to the world.
In separate incidents on Saturday, a Malta-flagged cargo vessel rescued 47 migrants from a ship crusing about 40 nautical miles (74km) off Gavdos, whereas a tanker rescued one other 88 individuals some 28 nautical miles (52km) off the island.
In accordance with preliminary info, coastguard officers imagine the boats left collectively from Libya.
Greece acquired almost a million migrants from the Center East, Africa and Asia in 2015-2016, most of whom took the harmful route of crossing the ocean on inflatable dinghies.
Comparable shipwrecks off Crete and Gavdos, that are comparatively remoted within the central Mediterranean, have elevated over the previous 12 months.
In accordance with the Ministry of Migration, Greece has seen a 25-percent improve this 12 months within the variety of individuals getting into, fleeing struggle and poverty, with a 30-percent improve to Rhodes and the southeast Aegean.
A number of related lethal accidents have struck in current weeks.
In late November, eight individuals, six of them minors, died north of the island of Samos, on a route often utilized by individuals smugglers.
