Greece has rescued hundreds of migrants off its southern islands of Gavdos and Crete in five separate incidents since Friday, ...

Authorities in Greece say more than 1,200 migrants have been detained on the island of Crete and the nearby islet of Gavdos ...

Greece has rescued hundreds of migrants in the waters close to Crete and the nearby island of Gavdos since Friday, local ...

More than 430 migrants were spotted and rescued about 25 nautical miles off Gavdos, Greece’s southernmost island, on Sunday, the coastguard said in a statement.

Over 1,200 migrants have been detained on Crete and nearby Gavdos due to rising arrivals from Libya. Greece's foreign ...

Greek's coastguard said they had been called out numerous times over the weekend to rescue migrants stranded in boats.

The escalating migration crisis in Crete was dramatically underscored Sunday morning as a group of migrants arrived directly ...

Greece has been rescuing hundreds of migrants near islands like Gavdos and Crete amid rising arrivals from Libya. In response ...

Gavdos is a very small island with very few people,” says Lefteris Lougiakis, the deputy mayor. “We have the responsibility of providing them with shelter and food.

Gavdos is believed to be the mythical Ogygia, where, according to Homer, the nymph Calypso held Odysseus for seven years before he returned to his beloved Ithaca.

Greece has rescued hundreds of migrants off its southern islands of Gavdos and Crete in five separate incidents since Friday, ...