2023-06-14 20:27:47
The toll could dramatically increase as survivors estimate that 750 people were on board. There Greece will observe three days of mourning after the sinking this Wednesday of a boat of migrants in the Ionian Sea. This tragedy could have caused hundreds of deaths, announced the services of the acting Prime Minister.
the coast guard announced that they had recovered 79 bodies, and rescued around 100 people, but survivors said nearly 750 people were on board. The boat was spotted for the first time on Tuesday afternoon by a plane from Frontex, the European Border Surveillance Agency, but the migrants on board “refused any help”, the port authorities said in a previous press release. Greek. According to initial information from the authorities, the boat transporting the migrants had sailed from Libya in destination to italy.
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