Malta often takes a coordination role within its large SAR, which stretches from close to the Tunisian coast on one side to not far from Crete on the other, and maintains that individuals rescued ...

The ship then altered course towards Crete to facilitate the airlift ... and Syrian migrants on a fishing boat taking on water near Malta said they had lost contact with the vessel overnight.

The coast guard said in a statement late Tuesday that the BBC Pearl had rescued them inside Malta’s search and rescue ... The ship then altered course towards Crete to facilitate the airlift ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A group of 61 migrants picked up by a cargo ship from a crippled vessel in the central Mediterranean have safely reached Crete hours ... boat near Malta, after trying ...