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Around 50 missing after migrant boat sinks near Greek island
2022-08-11
[IsraelTimes] Greek rescue effort hampered by strong winds; passengers were traveling from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
to Italia on shipwrecked vessel


Around 50 people are missing after a boat carrying migrants colonists sank off the Greek island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, a coastguard official told AFP Wednesday.

"According to the statements of 29 rescued people, there were 80 people on the boat, so up to 50 people are missing," he said.

The Greek coastguard is searching for the missing following the shipwreck which happened after the boat left Turkey on Tuesday heading for Italia.

The rescue effort included four vessels that were already sailing in the southern Aegean, two coastguard patrol boats and a Greek air force helicopter.

However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well...
strong winds of up to 50 kilometers per hour (30 mph) were hampering the operation, coastguard spokesperson Nikos Kokalas told Skai radio.

Greece is often the country of choice for migrants colonists fleeing Africa and the Middle East to try to reach a better life in the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
Many come to Greece via Turkey over the narrow and perilous sea crossing separating the traditional enemies.

Sixty-four people have died in the eastern Mediterranean since January, the International Organization for Migration says.

Eight people died off the Greek island of Mykonos on June 19 when 108 more were rescued, according to the UN migration body.

Athens says migrant arrival numbers have climbed this year and accuses Ankara of not doing enough to stop smugglers from sending them across the border — often in flimsy boats that make for dangerous journeys.

Turkey pledged under a 2016 deal to cut migrant numbers leaving its shores in return for financial aid from the European Union.

At the end of June, the EU urged Ankara to halt "violent mostly peaceful and illegal expulsions" from its territory.

Charity groups and media accuse Athens of illegally turning back migrants colonists, a charge Greece’s conservative government denies.
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#1  Were they strafed?
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-08-11 13:49  

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