Migrant boat spotted off Cape Greco turned back (Updated)
Marine police on Wednesday turned back a vessel carrying 35 migrants spotted off Cavo Greco at lunchtime. The Cyprus News Agency said the vessel carried...
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Rejected migrant boat taken in by north (Updated)
A GROUP of 175 Syrian migrants, who arrived in Trikomo in the north on Saturday, after being denied entrance to the government-controlled areas on Friday,...
Boat with 87 Syrians on board brought into Larnaca port
A vessel possibly coming from Mersin, Turkey arrived on Monday in Larnaca port after it was spotted earlier off Cape Greco. The boat, with 87...
Migrants rescued from boat in distress off Larnaca coast (Update)
AUTHORITIES on Thursday rescued 12 people from a small boat in distress in waters southwest of the island. Around 1pm authorities issued an alert about...
Migrants rescued from stranded boat (Update 4)
A fishing boat with around 120 passengers that was stranded in the rough sea north of Polis Chrysochous was safely towed to the...
More than 130 bodies recovered from migrant boat capsize off Egypt
At least 133 bodies had been recovered by Friday from a boat carrying hundreds of migrants that capsized off Egypt two days earlier, Egyptian officials...
3,000 migrants rescued off Italian coast; 2 bodies found
More than 3,000 boat migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean over the past two days and two bodies have been recovered, Italy’s coastguard said...