Key facts
- Greece's coast guard said it recovered 12 bodies from a migrant boat off southern Crete on November 9, 2026.
- The coast guard rescued 18 people from the boat about 15 nautical miles off Kaloi Limenes.
- A coast guard official said dozens of others were rescued in two other separate incidents off Crete.
- The coast guard said it had no immediate information on the identities of the dead or how they died.
Greece's coast guard said it recovered the bodies of 12 dead migrants from a boat found off the island of Crete on November 9, 2026. The boat was about 15 nautical miles off the port of Kaloi Limenes, on the southern coast of Crete.
The coast guard rescued 18 people from the vessel, a coast guard official said. The same official said dozens of others were rescued in two other separate incidents off Crete. Survivors and those picked up in the other incidents were being taken to port on Crete's southern coast.
The coast guard said no information was immediately available on the identities of the 12 people who died or the circumstances of their deaths. Greece lies on one of the sea routes used by people leaving Africa, the Middle East and Asia for Europe.