At Least Three Die in Latest Migrant Incident Off Rhodes Island

At least three people died in the latest incident involving migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, which occurred on Monday off the Greek island of Rhodes.

According to local media reports, a boat carrying more than 200 migrants hit a reef at Zephyros beach in Rhodes, the Greek Reporter informs.

The migrants jumped into the sea and started fleeing to the shore without waiting for help, which resulted in the death of a man, woman and a child.

The Greek police and coast guard officers rushed to the scene to help the migrants reach the shore safely and have managed to rescue 83 people.

According to initial information, the vessel sailed from the Turkish coast, but the smuggler abandoned the migrants in the middle of the sea.

This is the latest in a series of incidents involving migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, which have intensified with the improvement of the weather and sea conditions.

A boat carrying up to 700 migrants capsized off the Libyan coast at the weekend, with only 28 people rescued so far, while the rest of the passengers are feared to have drowned.

This incident, which according to other sources involved 950 migrants, necessitated a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday.

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