Portugal police save 11 migrants trying to cross from Turkey to Kos
BY TPN/ LUSA,
The Portuguese militarised police rescued 11 migrants from the Aegean Sea on Tuesday as part of the European Frontex operation in Greece.
A communiqué issued on Wednesday said that the coastal patrol detected and rescued the men on the early hours of Tuesday morning from a rubber dinghy close to the Greek island of Kos.
"The Portuguese officers found the men using thermal imaging at a time when they were all in the water". "The migrants were all saved and are uninjured", the police added.
The dinghy was trying to cross from Turkey to the island of Kos to reach Europe.
Some 32 Portuguese GNR police officers have been participating in the Frontex mission in Greece to protect the European external borders since 1 April.
The operation’s main purpose is to prevent and detect illegal immigration, human trafficking and drugs trafficking and to help to save human lives at sea.
The Portuguese have already saved or rescued 495 migrants.
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