Five dead, dozens missing in Greece as migrant boat sinks
Several similar accidents have occurred in recent weeks.
Fivemigrants died early Saturday when amigrantboatsank off Crete,Greece's coastguard said, leaving 40 people reportedlymissingwhile 39 survivors were rescued, all men.
Theboatsank 12 nautical miles southwest of the island, according to ERTNEWS, which reported the 40missing.
A huge rescue operation involving vessels and aircraft was underway in the sea near the island of Gavdos, south of Crete, after theboatcapsized shortly after midnight, the coastguard said.
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The firstdeadwas found Saturday morning.
According to the Athens News Agency, amigrantis being treated in the intensive care unit of the Chania hospital in the ICU in serious condition while three people are also hospitalised with cardiac problems and hypothermia.
Saturday afternoon, the coastguard told AFP that the number of migrants founddeadhad risen tofive.
In two separate incidents off Gavdos also on Saturday, 88 migrants were located and rescued by a tanker flying the flag of Great Britain, and 47 people by a cargo ship flying the Maltese flag, some 28 nautical miles south and 40 nautical miles south of the island, respectively.
Greecehas seen a 25-percent increase this year in the number of migrants arriving, with a 30-percent increase to Rhodes and the southeast Aegean, according to the migration ministry.
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Several similar accidents have occurred in recent weeks. In late November, eight migrants, six of them minors, died north of the island of Samos, on a route frequently used by people smugglers.
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