Over the past 24 hours, the Coast Guard detained 163 illegal immigrants, and 2,840 people were arrested in August.
Three incidents have occurred in the last 24 hours in our country. In the sea area of Kos A woman is found dead. In the southeast of the island, a boat carrying 16 foreigners capsized and was pulled from the sea dead, while the remaining 15 people were rescued and taken by a coastguard boat to the port of Kos, according to the coast guard.
In the sea area 23 nautical miles south of Gavdos discovered a wooden boat with 78 people on board. The migrants were picked up by a lifeboat and will be transferred to the port of Souda in Chania.
In the east of the Gulf of Messina a sailboat with 70 foreigners was spotted. They were picked up by a Panamanian-flagged vessel with the participation of a coast guard vessel and will be delivered to the port of Kalamata.
All operations were conducted under the coordination of the Coast Guard Joint Search and Rescue Center. According to the Greek coast guard, 2,840 foreigners were arrested for illegal entry into Greece in August, 19 of whom were in the country on their way to Greece. EU. 88 traffickers were arrested, 49 boats and 3 vehicles were seized.
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