The number of people confirmed dead after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Greece has reached 79. It’s believed there were more than 500 people on the boat when it capsized.
The number of people confirmed dead after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Greece has reached 79.
It’s unclear how many people were aboard the boat but initial reports suggest hundreds of people were on board when it capsized., miles off the coast of Greece, and the coastguard, navy, merchant vessels and aircraft continued a search and rescue operation overnight. An aerial photograph released by the Greek coastguard showed scores of people covering practically every inch of the ship’s deck – and it’s thought it capsized after people abruptly moved to one side.
Greece’s caretaker prime minister, Ioannis Sarmas, declared three days of national mourning, ‘with our thoughts on all the victims of the ruthless smugglers who exploit human unhappiness’. Coastguard spokesman Nikos Alexiou told local TV: ‘The outer deck was full of people, and we presume that the interior would also have been full.Rescue attempts were reportedly rebuffed by the boat’s passengers, who insisted they wanted to continue to Italy.Those rescued were brought to shore in Kalamata Ioannis Zafiropoulos, deputy mayor of the southern port city of Kalamata, where survivors were taken, said there could have been ‘more than 500 people’ on board.
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