Greece recovers 12 dead migrants from boat off of Crete, coast guard says

Nov 9 (Reuters) – Greece retrieved the bodies of ​12 ‌dead migrants from a boat sailing off ‌the ​island ⁠of Crete ⁠early on Monday, its coast guard said.

The ​coast guard rescued ⁠18 ⁠people from ​the boat ​about 15 nautical ‌miles off the port of ⁠Kaloi Limenes and dozens of others in ⁠two ‌other separate ⁠incidents ​off ‌Crete, a coast ​guard ⁠official said.

(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Clarence ​Fernandez)