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Greece is witnessing a surge in migrant arrivals via new sea routes, straining resources. Migrants land daily on Gavdos (off Crete) and Rhodes.

Population dynamics: The Crete Center of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Delphi Economic Forum and the Municipality of Hania are organizing on Monday the first Forum on Population Dynamics and Economic Prosperity, at the Center of Mediterranean Architecture in Hania.

A 67-year-old German hiker who was reported missing on Sunday in Crete has been found dead, the sixth tourist death in June during a period of unusually hot weather.

The man's body was found in a ravine near Sentoni beach, on a path heading towards Trypti Gorge, on the southern coast of the island, in Hania prefecture, according to state broadcaster ERT.

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the southern island of Crete on Friday morning.

According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the quake's epicenter was located 25 kilometers south/southwest of Palaiochora in Hania prefecture. The estimated depth was 9.4 kilometres.

No injuries or damage have been reported. 

The recent spike in migrant flows to the southern shores of Crete is becoming an increasing source of concern for the government, which expects an intervention from the European Commission.

Twenty-six migrants, all men, who disembarked on the beach of Trypiti on the island of Gavdos, south of Crete, were found by the coast guard on Wednesday.

They were transported by the coast guard boat from the port of Gavdos to the port of Hora Sfakion, and from there to a reception area belonging to the Municipality of Hania.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will establish a research center on Crete to analyze demographic and migration policies, issues related to the diaspora as well as individual challenges related to the labor market and the population, under an agreement signed with the government on Tuesday.

Police on Crete recorded more than 1,900 violations of the Greek highway code over the extended Easter holiday break.
Specifically, Traffic Police officers recorded 1,941 violations between April 26 through May 1 after conducting 5,905 inspections on vehicles across the island.

 At 10 million euros, penalty is half that originally proposed by prosecutor