Hundreds more migrants reach the Greek islands in boats and …
WEBAug 31, 2023 · ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 450 migrants reached Greece’s Aegean Sea islands in boats from Turkey in less than two days, Greek authorities said Thursday, including 51 people who made landfall on the high-end resort of Mykonos.
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths ... - BBC
WEBJun 17, 2024 · The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine who were deliberately thrown into the water.
‘If they had left us be, we wouldn’t have drowned:’ CNN …
WEBJun 23, 2023 · Grief shrouds remote Pakistan mountain village after Greece migrant boat tragedy. The Hellenic Coast Guard has repeatedly denied attempting to tow the vessel. An official investigation into the...
Greek migrant boat wreck may be Mediterranean’s ‘worst ever ... - CNN
WEBJun 17, 2023 · The sinking of a packed migrant boat off the coast of Greece may be “the worst tragedy ever” in the Mediterranean sea, according to the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson.
Greek coast guard defends actions as more than 500 migrants …
WEBJun 16, 2023 · ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek coast guard on Friday defended its response to a ship that went down off the country’s south coast and left more than 500 migrants presumed drowned. Criticism mounted over Europe’s yearslong failure to …
Greek Coast Guard Faces Questions in Migrant Mass Drowning
WEBJun 19, 2023 · The suspected smugglers, they say, rejected water to keep migrants thirsty and docile and to maintain control. But experts say the Greek authorities also violated maritime law.
Greece boat disaster: Capsized boat had 100 children in hold, BBC …
WEBJun 15, 2023 · Survivors from a 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.
Greece boat disaster: Up to 500 people still missing says UN - BBC
WEBJun 16, 2023 · Up to 500 people are still missing from a migrant boat that sank off Greece, the UN human rights office says. Large numbers of women and children were among those missing in the "horrific...
Greece migrant boat disaster: Mapping a tragedy on coast …
WEBJul 5, 2023 · Greek officials deny responsibility for what happened that night, when the migrant boat, a fishing trawler known as the Adriana, capsized and sent as many as 750 people into the Mediterranean...
At Least 79 Die as Boat Carrying Migrants Sinks Near Greece
WEBJun 14, 2023 · At least 79 people drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after a large boat carrying migrants sank early Wednesday, the Greek authorities said, in the deadliest such episode off the country’s...
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