Speaking from a temporary encampment in Athens, 24-year-old Ayad from Syria, said the Greek coastguard did not send help for at least three hours after the boat capsized
Reports had claimed that a rope was attached to the overcrowded vessel when it was around 50 miles from the coast of Greece, and that this played a role in the sinking.
Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued Thursday for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece. Hundreds of people are still feared missing.
KALAMATA, Greece (AP) Nine survivors from a migrant boat that sank were arrested Thursday on suspicion of smuggling as hope faded for hundreds of missing passengers and attention turned to Greece's failure to act before the overcrowded ship capsize
KALAMATA, Greece: Kassem Abu Zeed caught the first flight from Germany to Greece after realizing that his wife and brother in law were aboard a trawle.