The Greek coast guard reported receiving a distress call from the boat on Monday when it was travelling between the islands of Crete and Antikythera.
According to the Associated Press, the wooden boat was found on the deserted island of Gramvosa off the northwest edge of Crete in the Mediterranean.
The Coast Guard further stated that the 30 passengers on board the boat, which included 9 juveniles and 4 women, were brought to the island of Crete with no information about their nationality.
This is the most recent finding of migrant boats having difficulties navigating and then landing on the islands of southern Greece.
And, towards the conclusion of the week, the coast guard stated that 69 persons had been rescued on Friday from a stranded sailing boat that had sent a distress signal 48 kilometres southwest of the island of Zakynthos.
According to the coast guard, the yacht departed from the Turkish shore near Izmir on August 22 and was going to Italy when it encountered difficulties.
He went on to say that a passing cargo ship saved 69 passengers, including 61 Iranians, two Afghans, and six Turks, and that they were carried to the shore of the southern mainland city of Kalamata on Saturday.
The six Turks were detained on suspicion of smuggling migrants.
30 migrants were rescued from an island near the Greek island of Crete.
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