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Greece
Jun 16, 2023 0:49:35 GMT
Post by Admin on Jun 16, 2023 0:49:35 GMT
Three days of mourning has been declared in Greece after at least 79 migrants died when the boat they were in capsized.
Survivors from the fishing boat that sank off southern Greece in one of Europe's worst migrant disasters say up to 100 children may have been on board.
But scores more could still be missing at sea, with reports suggesting that up to 750 people were aboard the vessel.
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Greece
Jun 16, 2023 2:41:05 GMT
Post by Admin on Jun 16, 2023 2:41:05 GMT
At least 79 people have died and more than 100 have been rescued after their fishing boat sank off southern Greece.
But survivors have suggested as many as 750 people may have been packed on to the boat, with reports of 100 children in the hold.
Greece says it is one of its biggest ever migrant tragedies, and has declared three days of mourning.
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Greece
Jun 16, 2023 17:48:55 GMT
Post by Admin on Jun 16, 2023 17:48:55 GMT
Greek officials have denied a series of reports that suggest a migrant boat capsized 50 miles off the south coast because a rope was attached by coastguards.
So far 78 people are confirmed dead but hundreds more are feared missing, including as many as 100 children.
The coastguard said initially it had kept a "discreet distance".
But a government spokesman now says a rope was used when the coastguard approached the fishing boat.
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Greece
Jun 17, 2023 3:02:36 GMT
Post by Admin on Jun 17, 2023 3:02:36 GMT
The UK government has previously claimed some success in getting the numbers of illegal migrants down, but what headway, if any, have they made on sorting out what they’ve termed a "broken" asylum system?
More than 1,400 people have been detected crossing the English channel in a period of four days.
The Illegal Migration Bill, which aims to deport those arriving in the UK without permission, breaches a "number of the UK's human rights obligations”, according to MPs and peers.
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Greece
Jun 17, 2023 21:25:55 GMT
Post by Admin on Jun 17, 2023 21:25:55 GMT
Up to 500 people are still missing from a migrant boat that sank off Greece, the UN human rights office said.
Large numbers of women and children were among those missing that left 78 people dead.
The "horrific tragedy" underlines the need to bring people smugglers to justice, the UN added.
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