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It capsized off southwestern Greece on June 14, 2023, even though the Greek coast guard had been monitoring it for hours. Some 104 survivors were rescued but only 82 bodies were recovered.
It said the coast guard failed to conduct its own disciplinary investigation into the agency's response June 14. In September, 40 survivors initiated legal action against Greek authorities.
Greek authorities have recovered the bodies of three migrants after their boat sank οff the island of Symi in the southeastern Aegean Sea early on Monday, the Greek coast guard said. One woman ...
It said the man steering the speedboat opened fire on the patrol vessel with a handgun, adding that the coast guard crew “fired shots in a secure sector.” It provided no further detail on the shooting. Greece is a major point of entry for people from the Middle East, Africa and Asia seeking a better life in the affluent European Union.
Greece’s coast guard on Tuesday rescued 52 people crammed onto a sailing boat anchored off an uninhabited island far from the country's mainland, authorities said. A private vessel initially ...
That allowed the smugglers to return to Turkish waters with their remaining passengers, who were picked up by the Turkish coast guard. The three migrants rescued in Greek waters said they had paid $4.500 each to be ferried across, according to a Greek coast guard statement. Smuggling gangs have adapted in recent months to deal with Greece's ...
Greece's state ombudsman said Thursday that it's launching an independent investigation into the coast guard's handling of a maritime tragedy in June in which hundreds of migrants trying to reach ...
The Hellenic Coast Guard (Greek: Λιμενικό Σώμα-Ελληνική Ακτοφυλακή, romanized: Limeniko Soma-Elliniki Aktofylaki, lit. 'Harbor Corps-Hellenic Coast Guard') is the national coast guard of Greece .