The intense use of new migrant routes from the coasts of Egypt and Libya to Gavdos, just south of Crete, has been recorded in recent months, while increased migration pressure has also been observed in the southeast Aegean and in particular Kos. On November 12, for example, one such boat with 33 migrants was spotted sailing south of Gavdos. They had sailed from Libya having paid $4,000 to the traffickers. In the 48 hours previous to writing, two more such incidents were recorded in the sea area south of Gavdos. During the autumn, migrants also followed the same route from Libya and Egypt to the coast of southern Crete, where also until recently no flows were recorded.
