In the early hours of the morning of June 14, the captain of an oil tanker received a call to help save the trawler that sank 30 miles off the coast of Greece. The sea had swallowed everything up. Navigational data show contradictions in Greece’s official account of events *First Published on El Pais By MARÍA MARTÍN,…
Men’s remains recovered in open water on sixth day of search since boat carrying up to 750 people sank *Originally Published on The Guardian Greek authorities have retrieved a further three bodies in open waters near the spot where a fishing trawler packed with Europe-bound migrants sank last week. The bodies – all men – were recovered…
*First Published on Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) The Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) is working on fact-checking information and reconstructing the story and events in the tragedy of the capsizing of a boat carrying migrants off the Greek coast. The RPE publishes the second report in the series “Capsizing of a Boat off the Greek Coast,…
*reposted from The ConversationThe Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy has been described as the “world’s most dangerous maritime crossing”. This was proven once again last week in the tragic shipwreck of a boat full of men, women and children, around 50 miles away from the southern Greek town of Pylos. The boat was being tracked by the Hellenic…
*First Published on InfoMigrants Questions continue to mount over what happened to the migrant ship that sank off Greece in the early hours of last Wednesday. Some of the most recent evidence suggests inaccuracies in the Greek coast guard’s account. More than five days after a migrant ship reportedly carrying hundreds of migrants sank off the coast of…
Suspected people smugglers to appear in court in Kalamata, as police in Kashmir announce 10 arrests *First Published on the Guardian Nine suspected people smugglers are to appear before a Greek court accused of piloting the fishing trawler that sank off the coast of Greece last week leaving hundreds missing and presumed dead in one of the Mediterranean’s worst…
*First Published on BBC 18 June 2023 By Nick Beake, Europe correspondent & Kostas Kallergis, senior Europe producer, The BBC has obtained evidence casting doubt on the Greek coastguard’s account of Wednesday’s migrant shipwreck in which hundreds are feared to have died. Analysis of the movement of other ships in the area suggests the overcrowded fishing vessel…
*First Published on MadaMasr Seventy-eight bodies have been found and more than 500 people are missing and presumed dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized to the southwest of Greece on Wednesday in a catastrophe that marks one of the deadliest shipwrecks ever to take place in the Mediterranean. Another 104 people were rescued by authorities. As…
Government denies survivors’ claims that it tried to tie a rope to the trawler that led to its sinking, as hundreds are feared dead *First Published on Middle East Eye By Areeb Ullah Three days on and more questions than answers are emerging on how a rusty trawler carrying “hundreds” of people sank off the Greek coast in the deepest…
*more info here2023-06-16 We are shocked and saddened by the tragic events that unfolded off the coast of Greece. The Frontex Executive Director, who travelled to Greece after learning about the tragedy, has offered any support the authorities may need. People smugglers have once again trifled with human lives by forcing several hundred migrants on a fishing boat not designed…
