Migrant boat is towed to port

A FISHING boat crammed with hundreds of migrants which lost steering and had been drifting in the Mediterranean south of the Greek island of Crete has been successfully towed to port.

The exact number of people on board was not immediately clear as the passengers had not yet disembarked, the coast guard said.

Passengers who had made a distress call told Greek authorities the boat was carrying about 400-500 people.