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Boat overturns on the Greek coast/ More than 50 migrants missing

2022-08-10 13:53:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
Boat overturns on the Greek coast/ More than 50 migrants missing
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Greek authorities have announced that they have launched a search and rescue operation after a boat carrying dozens of migrants sank overnight. In a statement by the coast guard to the AFP news agency, around 50 people have been declared missing after a boat carrying migrants sank near the Greek island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea.

The coast guard said on Wednesday that 29 people, all men, had been rescued at sea 61 kilometers southeast of Karpathos, a southeastern island between Rhodes and Crete.

Greek authorities are searching for the missing after the sinking of the ship, which left Turkey on Tuesday evening.

Two coast guard patrol vessels, a Greek navy vessel, an air force helicopter and at least three vessels sailing nearby are taking part in the search and rescue efforts. The most common sea route for asylum seekers from the Middle East, Asia and Africa has been from Turkey to the nearby Greek islands.

But with Greek authorities stepping up patrols in the Aegean and news that Turkey is deporting migrants without allowing them to apply for asylum, many are now fleeing the Greek islands and trying to take the longer, more difficult route. dangerous directly to Italy./Rel





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