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The 104 survivors of the tragedy have very limited mobility and access to communications. Some of them said Greek Coast Guard vessels threw them a line shortly before their vessel capsized

Greek authorities have been criticised for not acting to rescue hundreds as their boat sank off the coast of Pylos.

Fears were growing that the final toll could eventually run into the hundreds.

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Nine suspects due to face court as search operation enters third day and protests break out over EU and Greek migration policies

In a letter made public on June 15, 2023 Human Rights Watch joined 41 other organizations in sending an open letter to a series of high-level Greek and EU officials about a decision to stop providing food and water to people outside of the asylum procedure living in the Mavrovouni Closed Controlled Access Centre (C.C.A.C.) on the island of Lesvos. The decision affects hundreds of people, including children.

Greece was set to end search and rescue operations Friday as hundreds were feared dead after a large fishing boat crammed with migrants sank off its coast...

Greek rescuers on Thursday scoured the Ionian Sea for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank, killing at least 78 people, as police arrested nine suspected people smugglers.

Greece on Thursday pursued a grim search for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank in the Ionian Sea, with the number of victims feared to reach into the hundreds. So far 104 people have been rescued but there are fears that hundreds more are missing, based on testimony from the survivors and the fact that no women and children were among them.

Greece on Thursday pursued a grim search for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank in the Ionian Sea, with the number of victims feared to reach into the hundreds.…