Today, a search and rescue operation took place in Moscow to search for the missing. sea ​​area southeast of Leros, where a boat with migrants was wrecked.

The operation began after a private individual reported the existence of a body at sea.

Winds of magnitude 8 on the Beaufort scale are blowing in the area, heavy rains are occurring, and research is also being carried out from land with the assistance of EL.AS leaders.

Of those rescued, others were transferred to the Leros Reception and Identification Center and others to the Leros Central Hospital.

Six people were rescued from a rocky cliff by a PA SUPER PUMA helicopter. and port and coast guard officers who rushed to the scene on foot.

According to their statement about 40 foreigners were on board a boat that sailed from the Turkish coast and was found half-submerged on a rocky shore. in the area above the sea.