Rubber dinghy with 11 foreign nationals caught off the west coast of Corfu
Coastguard
19 Μαρτίου 2022
/ 15:41
CORFU. All those on board were arrested.
Corfu Port Authority discovered a motorised rubber dinghy with 11 foreign nationals on board on Thursday afternoon.
The Corfu and Othoni Port Authorities had been informed by the Search and Rescue Coordination Centre that there was a rubber dinghy in difficulties off the west coast of Corfu.
Two Coastguard patrol boats immediately went to the area and one of them took the 11 passengers to the Central Port Authority, while the other took the dinghy to Alypa harbour in Paleokastritsa.
The 11 were arrested and questioned.
The Corfu and Othoni Port Authorities had been informed by the Search and Rescue Coordination Centre that there was a rubber dinghy in difficulties off the west coast of Corfu.
Two Coastguard patrol boats immediately went to the area and one of them took the 11 passengers to the Central Port Authority, while the other took the dinghy to Alypa harbour in Paleokastritsa.
The 11 were arrested and questioned.
