52 migrants rescued off southern coast of Crete

Coast guard officers have rescued 52 migrants off the south of Crete after receiving a call for help through the emergency 112 number.

The migrants, who say they are citizens of Sudan and Egypt, were on an inflatable vessel in the sea south of the village of Kaloi Limenes in Iraklio prefecture.

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