Disaster● Elevated26m ago · Nov 9, 2026, 11:27 AM
Twenty bodies found on migrant boats near Crete
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from NOS Buitenland · Western Europe
Greek authorities found the bodies of twenty migrants on two boats. Dozens of people were also brought ashore alive. They reportedly tried to reach the Greek island of Crete. They were presumably coming from Libya. The cause of death is not yet known.
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