Boat carrying 65 migrants found south of Kali Limenes in Crete, spotted by a Frontex aircraft

A boat carrying 65 migrants was located from the air, under the coordination of the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (EKSED), in the sea area about 42 nautical miles south of Kali Limenes in Crete, as ProtoThema reports.

According to ProtoThema, the boat was spotted by an aircraft of the European agency Frontex, while a Greek Coast Guard vessel rushed to the scene and its crew took the 65 migrants on board.

Those rescued are being transferred to the port of Kali Limenes, where the procedures envisaged by the competent authorities are expected to follow.

Northerly winds of force 4 on the Beaufort scale prevailed in the area, according to the same report.