EU: Could be the biggest tragedy in the Mediterranean

Johansson made a statement to the press after the EU and US Justice and Interior Ministers meeting in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

Johansson claimed that the incident was caused by the increasing migration flow from eastern Libya to Europe, noting that there has been a 600 percent increase in migration to the EU and especially to Italy on the route in question since the start of the year.

Johansson said that during investigations before the fatal accident, the ship was found to be “a fishing boat leaving Egypt heading to the eastern part of Libya and receiving about 750 migrants.”

“THE HEAVY TRAGEDY”

Underlining that the number of people on board has yet to be confirmed, Johansson said that when the wreck was assessed, the incident could be “the most serious tragedy ever seen in the Mediterranean.”

“This shows that we really need to do much, much more to prevent tragedies like this from happening in the Mediterranean,” Johansson said. saying.

DISASTER OUTSIDE GREECE

On June 14, a fishing boat carrying irregular migrants capsized in international waters 47 nautical miles from Navarino in the Peloponnese in Greece. 104 people on the fishing boat were rescued and brought to the port of Kalamata, and the bodies of 82 people were found in the surveys carried out after the incident. (AA)