Greece orders massive search operation to find survivors after fishing vessel believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants sank off the Mediterannean while on its way from Libya to Italy
Men transfer body bags carrying migrants who died after their boat capsized in the open sea off Greece, onboard a Hellenic Coast Guard vessel at the port of Kalamata, Greece, June 15, 2023. / Photo: REUTERS/Stelios Misinas
Rescuers saved 104 passengers — including Egyptians, Syrians, Pakistanis, Afghans and Palestinians — and recovered 79 bodies. And the search went on early Thursday for more, with aircraft dropping flares to help search teams. “We are witnessing one of the biggest tragedies in the Mediterranean, and the numbers announced by the authorities are devastating," said Gianluca Rocco, head of the Greek section of IOM, the UN migration agency.
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said the bloc has “a collective moral duty” to dismantle migrant smuggling networks. “The outer deck was full of people, and we presume that the interior would also have been full,” Alexiou said. “It looks as if there was a shift among the people who were crammed on board, and it capsized.”
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