December 7, 2025 3:55 PM
Eighteen die after migrant boat sinks off southern Greek island
Eighteen migrants drowned when their boat overturned 26 miles (40 km) south of the tiny southern Greek island of Chrysi, a coast guard official said on Saturday, while two were rescued from the sea. The boat was initially detected by a Turkish cargo ship, which contacted the Greek authorities. The survivors were being taken to the island of Crete, the official added. Greece was on the front line of a 2015-16 migration crisis when more than a million people from the Middle East and Africa cros...