Most refugees come in rubber dinghies and risk their lives while making the border crossing from Turkey to Greece. Officials were surprised to find a luxury yacht carrying 345 migrants that paid $2,500 each for the voyage . The vessel equipped to carry 65 people was intercepted by coast guards. A coast  guard source said this was the first documented instance of refugees arriving in a boar that would cost more than $1mln if bought new.

The yacht did not carry a flag, nor was it registered to a name.