Since Friday, around 750 migrants have arrived on the Greek island of Crete. They came by boat from the Libyan coast. EU Commissioner Magnus Brunner is concerned about developments on the route between Libya and Crete and wants to meet the Libyan government.
430 migrants were admitted to the south of the tourist island of cargo ships and transferred to the coast guard. This was reported by the Public Service Broadcasting (Ertnews), referring to the authorities. The route from Tobruk to Crete is developing into one of the most important escape routes over the Mediterranean Sea.
According to the UN -refugee agency UNHCR, a total of 16,848 migrants arrived in Greece at the end of June. More than 7,000 arrivals were only registered in Krete. According to the minister Vassilis Kikilias who are responsible for the Coast Guard, the number of migrants who arrived in Crete increased by around 350 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. He told the Greek radio.
EU Commissioner Brunner is coming
In the coming week, the EU Commissioner for Interior and Migration, Magnus Brunner, wants to attend the Libyan government in Tripolis. Brunner recently explained when he visited Athens that the appointment in Libya was of great importance. The EU wants to show that it is because of this route to use the smugglers to bring people to Europe illegally.
Officers of the Greek Coast Guard assume that thousands of people are waiting for a chance in the Tobruk area, as the German news agency has learned from the authorities. According to their own information, people pay smuggling for the 300-kilometer trip to Bruk-Crete between 4,000 and 6,000 euros per head, such as Cretan Media Report.
According to the official information, 44 people initially reached the island of Gavdos in southern Crete. Another 236 protection seekers of protection followed on Sunday morning, which landed in four villages in southern Crete. Everyone stated that they started their journey in Tobruk.
Source: Krone
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