Migrant boat wrecked off Greece

So far, 78 have died in the tragic shipwreck

At least 104 people were rescued. The fishing boat that left Libya was transported. capsized 47 miles SW of Pylos. An unknown number of people on board.

The fishing boat that took over overturned it was 30 meters long and had at least 400 people on board. Sailed from Tobruch, Libya you were bound for Italy. So far, 104 migrants have been rescued while the search for the missing is continuing.

"According to the statements of the people who were on board, the number of passengers was 750: we fear that unfortunately the number of dead will rise as time goes on. by a lot", declared the governor of the Peloponnese region, Panagiotis Nikas, on the Kathimerini site, regarding the sinking of the fishing boat which occurred 47 nautical miles southwest of Pylos.

[From ilfattoquotidiano.it ] [..] Even a plane from the European agency Frontex had sighted the fishing vessel around noon yesterday and "subsequently by two patrol boats, without requesting assistance", says the Greek Coast Guard: the "migrants then refused any assistance and declared that they wanted to continue their journey to Italy", claim the Greeks. But, in a press release, Alarm Phone denies this reconstruction, claiming that the Hellenic Coast Guard had "been alerted at 4.53 pm" so that it could not be found. as “the authorities – Greeks and the other Europeans."

So, "they were well aware of this overcrowded and inadequate boat"; but – report the center that takes care of receiving emergency calls – “it’s not A ’rescue operation” has been launched, while “the Hellenic Coast Guard has begun to justify the failure to rescue by claiming that people in distress have been rescued. they didn't want to be rescued in Greece." They would have been so; lost – it is the reading of Alarm phone – crucial hours, until the shipwreck, with the rescue operations and the recovery of 104 people brought to safety in Kalamata by the Mayan Queen IV yacht, flying the Cayman flag. Alexiou explains that the rescuers continue "to operate off Pylos and will continue to do so even at night, with the assistance of the Italian Air Force C-130". The hopes of finding survivors, however, fade with each passing hour.