A new long -term search and rescue operation of about 520 foreigners aboard a Bahamas flag boat, in the maritime area of ​​17 nautical miles south of Gavdos, was completed tonight under the coordination of the Single Research and Rescue Coordination Center (EKSED).

The operation started at about 2:00 in the early morning, with the participation of 2 Frontex aircraft and 4 missing, while strong winds of 6 beaufort prevailed in the area.

The rescued immigrants boarded a cargo ship and on a Coast Guard Open Sea and transported to the port of Sfakia.

Meanwhile, images of chaos are recorded in Heraklion, Rethymnon and Chania suffocating from the explosion of migratory flows. Most of the immigrants, most of them, arrived from the coast of Libya with the island reaching its limits as it has no temporary accommodation structures.

At the same time, the situation in Gavdos is also hopeless, where the Port Authority has been rescuing immigrants in recent days.

Yesterday morning, 67 foreigners were identified and rescued and rescued on board a boat from a Liberian flag ship were identified and rescued.

The 67 were taken to a Frontex ship and transported to the port of Agia Galini, in Rethymnon, where they were provided with humanitarian aid.

At the same time, at noon on Tuesday, 45 people were identified and rescued on a boat from a Kuwait flag boat in the sea area south of Gavdos. People were taken to a lifeguard and transported to the port of Sfakia.