Greece cornered in migration disaster

The newspaper Efimerida Ton Sintakton published in Greece affirmed that the ship was withdrawn from the place by the coast guard teams in the news that included the statements of the captain of the tanker called “Guerrero Fiel”, which passed from the place where the disaster occurred. .

“WE WERE NOTIFIED”

In the news story, which claimed the Greek Search and Rescue Center was aware of the overloaded fishing boat rocking dangerously, it was argued that questions should be answered as to why coastguard teams chose to remove the tanker rather than call it to the scene for a possible rescue operation.

Hans Leijtens, director of Frontex, the European Union’s border protection agency, announced that they detected the capsized fishing boat carrying irregular migrants off the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece and reported it to local Greek authorities.

Radical Left Alliance (SYRIZA) leader Aleksis Tsipras visited the port of Kalamata, where the migrants who survived the disaster were taken, to obtain information about the incident, saying the migrants said the guard teams Greek coastal were trying to push the ship towards Italy. waters

DISASTER OUTSIDE GREECE

On June 14, a fishing boat carrying irregular migrants capsized in international waters 47 nautical miles from Navarino on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, 78 people lost their lives, 104 people were rescued and brought to the port of Kalamata.

According to Alarm Phone, a nonprofit organization, there were around 700 people on board.

As search and rescue efforts continue, experts worry the death toll will rise. (AA)