65 migrants rescued off Croatian coast

Police say 65 illegal immigrants whose boat was drifting off the Croatian Adriatic coast have been rescued and will be towed to the southern Adriatic coast town of Dubrovnik.

The Croatian coast guard spotted the small boat en route from Greece to Italy and packed with the migrants from Somalia, Egypt, Syria and Afghanistan days after it lost engine power in international waters.

Greece is the main gateway into the European Union for illegal migrants who later try different routes to reach other European countries.