New revelations from boat incident that caused the death of dozens of migrants and asylum seekers challenge Greek authorities' account, suggesting ship was stable for hours before it capsized and efforts to tow it caused the sinking
Findings suggest the boat was stable for hours before it sunk and was not moving towards Italy. / Photo: Reuters
Greece recovered two more bodies on Monday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 80 from the journey which started from Libya and was supposed to end in Italy. Only 104 people are known to have survived. No action was taken because the vessel refused help, according to the initial statement of the coast guard from June 14. It claimed that two attempts by commercial ships to provide food and water to the vessel were also rejected.
However, on June 15, when main opposition SYRIZA party leader Alexis Tsipras visited Kalamata, where survivors of the shipwreck were being held. Some survivors told him that, in fact, a coast guard boat had thrown a rope to the migrant vessel.
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