Greece: Hundreds of Asylum Seekers Rescued at Sea Transferred to Lesbos and Samos
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Nearly 200 migrants were rescued over three days by Greek police off the coast of Crete between Friday 21 and Sunday 23 August 2026. The Ministry of Migration indicates that these asylum seekers were to be transferred to reception centers on two islands in the Aegean Sea.
The Greek Ministry of Migration organises the transfer of hundreds of rescued people off Crete to reception centres in the Aegean despite local concerns Hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Aegean
The Greek Ministry of Migration has assured that "the transfer of migrants from Crete to these northern Aegean islands is carried out in a strictly proportionate manner".
Migrants in facilities in Crete live in extremely poor conditions - Their transfer to Samos and Lesvos is for identification purposes and will be temporary, support sources from the competent ministry. The post Recycling of entrapment and then deportations? 417 migrants from Crete are being transferred to Samos and Lesvos appeared first on in.gr.
Sources from the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum provided clarifications regarding the transfer of migrants from Crete to the islands of the northern Aegean.
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