Eight Dead As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece's Crete Island

Eight people have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of the island of Crete during the weekend, Greece's coast guard said Monday.

Maritime police launched an emergency rescue late Saturday after a boat issued an alarm signal, with strong winds making sea conditions difficult, the coast guard said.

Around 28



survivors and one body, all Sudan nationals, were picked up by another boat sailing nearby, then transferred to a police vessel and taken to Crete, authorities had said on Sunday.

During the night from Sunday to Monday, "a coast guard rescue vessel located the boat 10 nautical miles" south of Crete with "seven bodies were still on board", the coast guard said.