About 100 migrants were rescued from a yacht reported to be in difficulty off the south-western coast of Greece on Wednesday, authorities said.
The yacht carrying 93 people was located about 40 nautical miles west of the small town of Pylos, the coastguard said in a statement.
There were no reports of missing passengers.
Six of the passengers were picked up by another yacht in the area and taken to Pylos, where one woman was transferred to hospital in the southern city of Kalamata.
Another 87 people were picked up by two passing tanker ships and transported to Kalamata, escorted by coastguard patrol vessels, the statement said.
The area is near where a deadly migrant shipwreck in June left hundreds of people dead and missing and led to allegations that Greek authorities had failed to respond appropriately to rescue the passengers.
The overcrowded trawler had set sail from Libya with an estimated 500-700 people on board.
Only 104 survived and 82 bodies were recovered.
The rest sank with the trawler in what is one of the deepest parts of the Mediterranean.
About 100 migrants rescued after Greece shipwreck – in pictures
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Survivors of the shipwreck outside a warehouse in the port at Kalamata. AP -
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, currently running for office again, arrives at the port. Getty Images -
Kassem Abo Zeed holds up a photograph with his wife, Ezra, who is missing after the fishing boat carrying migrants sank off southern Greece. AP -
Some of the surviving migrants outside the hangar where they are being temporarily housed. Getty Images -
Survivors inside the warehouse. EPA -
Mahmoud, an Egyptian migrant now living in Italy, arrives to find information about the 10 people he knew on the boat. Getty Images -
Survivors arrive by yacht at the port in Kalamata, about 240km south-west of Athens. AP -
Authorities said at least 32 people died after a fishing boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized and sank off the southern coast of Greece. AP -
Survivors receive first aid at the port in Kalamata. AP -
About 100 people were rescued and taken to the town of Kalamata. AP -
A warehouse at the port. AP -
Survivors leave the yacht. AP
Last week, 40 survivors filed a lawsuit in Greece against “all parties responsible”, saying Greek authorities failed to rescue passengers before the vessel capsized.
Many of the survivors dispute the official account that repeated offers of assistance by the coastguard were rejected, and claim a botched effort was made to tow the vessel to safety shortly before it capsized and sank.
Greece lies on a route used by smugglers to ferry people fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia into the EU.
Many use small dinghies to head from Turkey to Greek islands near the Turkish coast, while others use larger sailing boats, yachts or fishing vessels to make the longer crossing from either Turkey or North Africa to Italy, bypassing Greece.
The Greek coastguard said that a total of 115 migrants were rescued from three small boats off the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos on Wednesday, and another 24 people off the island of Samos.
