61 migrants rescued by freighter off Malta reach Crete

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Published September 7, 2022 10:02 AM

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and KAREEM CHEHAYEB
Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Some 61 migrants who were reportedly stranded for days aboard a crippled fishing boat in the Mediterranean Sea are now safely on the Greek island of Crete. Greek authorities said Wednesday they had airlifted a 4-year-old girl and her mother off the BBC Pearl freighter on Tuesday, but the child was pronounced upon her arrival to the hospital. Two others were hospitalized with non life-threatening health issues. The Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian migrants left the Lebanese city of Tripoli 10 days ago in route to Italy. Lebanon has become a launching pad for dangerous migration by sea to Europe, as it struggles from an economic crisis that has dragged three-quarters of its population into poverty.

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