Frontex Vessel Rescues 42 Migrants Off Crete

Migrant Rescue Operations Navigate a Mediterranean Bloodbath

Beneath the water, the African landmass spears north, pushing into the Eurasian plate where Sicily meets the Italian mainland.Atop the bedrock, the African plate’s undersea Pelagian platform raises islands into the central Mediterranean. Over the ages, prehistoric marine life sank into porous rock below its grabens, forming a 1.5 trillion-cubic-foot gas reserve.Several million years later, British Gas sank the Miskar gas field platform into the …

Frontex vessel rescues 42 migrants off Crete

A vessel operated by the European Union's border agency Frontex rescued 42 migrants south of the island of Crete on Friday, authorities said.