Six coast guard vessels, a navy frigate, a army transport airplane, an air pressure helicopter, a number of personal vessels and a drone from the European Union border safety company, Frontex, have been participating within the ongoing search.

Survivors obtain first help after a rescue operation on the port in Kalamata city, about 240 kilometers (150miles) southwest of Athens on Wednesday. (AP)

The Italy-bound boat is believed to have sailed from the Tobruk space in jap Libya. The Italian coast guard first alerted Greek authorities and Frontex concerning the approaching vessel on Tuesday.

At the southern port of Kalamata, dozens of rescued migrants have been taken to sheltered areas arrange by the ambulance companies and the United Nations Refugee Agency to obtain dry garments and medical consideration.

Libyan authorities have launched a serious crackdown on migrants earlier this month throughout jap Libya. Activists have stated a number of thousand migrants, together with Egyptians, Syrians, Sudanese and Pakistanis, have been detained. Libyan authorities deported many Egyptians to their residence nation by means of a land crossing level.

In western Libya, authorities have raided migrant hubs within the capital, Tripoli, and different cities over the previous few weeks. At least 1,800 migrants have been detained and brought to government-run detention centres, in keeping with the UN refugee company.

Mediterranean smugglers are more and more taking bigger boats into worldwide waters off the Greek mainland to attempt to keep away from native coast guard patrols.

On Sunday, 90 migrants on a US-flagged yacht have been rescued within the space after they made a misery name.

Separately Wednesday, a yacht with 81 migrants on board was towed to a port on the south coast of Greece’s island of Crete after authorities obtained a misery name.