One person died and 25 remained missing after a boat filled with <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-lockdown-why-migrants-will-come-back-eventually-22835208" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">migrants</a> sank off the Greek island of Gavdos, near Crete, the coast guard told AFP on Monday.
"Fifty-one were picked up by two boats that were in the area," a coastguard spokesman said, adding that according to those plucked from the sea, 77 people were on board the boat when it went down.
Crete and Gavdos, about 320 kilometres (200 miles) from the Libyan coast, have become the main point of entry for asylum seekers in Greece.
In late August, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/greek-woman-54-gives-birth-using-embryo-frozen-for-22-years-after-losing-son-23649731" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Greece</a>'s ANA news agency published figures from the immigration ministry that indicated that migrant arrivals in Greece fell from about 61,000 in the year to August 2025 to 42,000 in the following 12 months -- a decline of around 31 percent.
Authorities in Europe have tightened their immigration rules over recent years as far-right, anti-immigrant parties have won increasing support.
Greece's immigration minister Thanos Plevris has pushed a strict policy on arrivals.
Greece has been in discussions with Germany and several other EU countries on setting up "return hubs" outside the bloc for processing migrants' claims.
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One person died and 25 remain missing after a migrant boat carrying 77 people sank off Greece’s Gavdos island near Crete, with 51 rescued from the sea

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One person died and 25 remain missing after a boat carrying 77 migrants sank off Greece’s Gavdos island. Coast guard officials said 51 people were rescued by two boats in the area as authorities continued the search for survivors.

Greece: Migrant boat sinks off Gavdos Island, 1 dead and 25 missing

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