Rescuers were scouring the seas off Greece in a massive search operation as hopes dwindled for survivors of a shipwreck that killed at least 79 people, in one of Europe's deadliest such disasters in recent years
Reports suggested between 400 and 750 people had packed the fishing boat that capsized and sank early on Wednesday morning in deep waters about 50 miles from the southern coastal town of Pylos. Greek authorities said 104 survivors had been brought ashore.
As Greece declared three days of mourning, authorities said it was unclear how many had been aboard. They were investigating an account from a European rescue-support charity that there could have been 750 people on the 20- to 30 metre-long boat. "The fact that people continue to die in the Mediterranean should be a wakeup call for EU governments," he said, warning that the Med risked becoming "the deadliest migration route in the world."
Aerial pictures released by the Greek coast guard showed dozens of people on the boat's upper and lower decks looking up, some with arms outstretched, hours before it sank.
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