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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 ...
This account has been disputed by survivors who stated that, "The Greek boat tied a rope in the middle of the boat. It went right, left and then right again, very quickly. Then the boat capsized, and everyone fell into the water," and "Then, they [the Greek coast guard] sailed away and watched us from afar. We spent about two hours in the water."
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. The ...
The Greek coast guard said 79 bodies have been recovered so far. Survivors included 30 people from Egypt, 10 from Pakistan, 35 from Syria and two Palestinians, the agency said.
The coast guard also said 30 migrants, including 6 children, were found Wednesday on the coast of Evia — an island near the Greek mainland that has seen a recent increase in migrant arrivals ...
The group estimates that 4,700 people have been abandoned on life rafts by the Greek Coast Guard in the Aegean since March 2020, a twice weekly occurrence. Mare Liberum also says there have been at least 17 instances in 2021 where Greek Coast Guard has dropped people in the water without a boat or life vest. At least 3 people died as a result. [51]
The Greek coast guard said Tuesday that in one case over the weekend a Palestinian and an Afghan man piloting a speedboat also tried to ram a pursuing patrol boat off the island of Kos. It said they then allegedly forced five passengers to jump into the sea, escaping towards the island as the coast guards stopped to rescue the migrants.
The Greek coast guard said EU border agency Frontex first spotted the boat on Tuesday in international waters southwest of Pylos, and Italian authorities then alerted Greece to the vessel's presence.