ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 230 migrants reached Greece in small boats over the past two days, including a rare case of a crossing from north Africa to Greece’s southern mainland, authorities said Friday. Nearly half the arrivals announced Friday were people who took a new route from eastern Libya that has emerged this year and is longer and riskier than the more common crossing from Turkey. The coast guard said 75 migrants who had departed from eastern Libya were rescued Friday from a crippled boat south of the island of Crete. The coast guard said Friday that 38 people who had left Benghazi in eastern Libya were found in southern mainland Greece — a slightly more distant destination than Crete. They were found Thursday, after spending two days crossing the Mediterranean.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 11, 2024 09:22 UTC