Foreign Desk Report
ATHENS: Dozens of migrants have been rescued from a boat off the Greek island of Halki, the coast guard said on Wednesday, in one of the biggest operations of its kind in the country in months.
At least 96 people had been rescued since the incident was first reported on Tuesday evening. The operation, 21 miles west of the small Aegean island of Halki, close to Turkey, was still in progress as witnesses reported that there were more people on board. Ten vessels, two helicopters and a frigate assisted the coast guard’s efforts.
A Greek coast guard official said that the Turkish coast guard tried to intervene in the operation, while a navy official said some of the migrants had been collected by a Turkish vessel.
