Hora Sfakion

The Coast Guard rescued 79 migrants in two operations near Greece's southernmost island of Gavdos.

Late Friday, a rescue vessel intercepted a boat carrying 43 men 10 nautical miles off Gavdos. The migrants were taken to Hora Sfakion port and transferred to temporary housing in Agia, Hania.

The bodies of two canoeists who went missing on Sunday were found on Monday in a sea area off Hora Sfakion, on the island of Crete.

The coast guard said the bodies of the two men, aged 44 and 50, were found by someone on a private boat in the sea 10 nautical miles north of Gavdos. They were retrieved by a coast guard lifeboat and transported to the port of Hora Sfakion.

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.