About 30 people are feared dead after a migrant boat capsized off the Greek island of Crete, Greek authorities and the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday.

The vessel, carrying roughly 50 migrants, sank on Saturday about 20 nautical miles from the port of Kali Limenes, the southernmost point of Crete. Three men were recovered dead on the day of the accident, and a woman’s body was found floating on Sunday.

No other survivors or victims have been located so far, though passing ships continue to search the area, a coast guard spokesperson told The Associated Press.

According to survivors, the boat had departed from Tobruk, Libya, on Thursday. Authorities said high winds were reported in the region on Saturday. Two Sudanese men, aged 25 and 19, have been arrested as suspected traffickers.

The IOM said Monday that at least 606 migrants have already been reported dead or missing along the Mediterranean route in the first two months of 2026, marking the deadliest start to a year in the Mediterranean since the IOM began tracking such data in 2014.

The organization warned that human trafficking and smuggling networks continue to exploit migrants along the Central Mediterranean route, forcing them onto unsafe vessels and exposing them to severe abuse.

The IOM stressed that stronger international cooperation and protection-focused measures are essential to dismantle these criminal networks, expand safe migration routes, and save lives.