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Migrant boat sinks off Greece, leaving dozens missing in Aegean Sea
Posted by Temmy
Wed, August 10, 2022 3:05pm


Migrant boat sinks off Greece, leaving dozens missing in Aegean Sea
Irregular migrants who fled the civil war in Syria, hoping to make it to Europe, arrive on a boat at a shore in Lesbos Island, Greece, in a February 28, 2020 file photo. Another boat carrying an estimated 80 migrants sank on August 10, 2022, off the coast of Greece's Karpathos and Rhodes islands, leaving dozens missing. | AYHAN MEHMET/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY

An air and sea rescue operation was underway Wednesday after around 50 people went missing when a migrant boat sank in the Aegean Sea, the Greek coastguard said. The vessel foundered at dawn off the islands of Karpathos and Rhodes after setting sail on Tuesday from Antalya, southern Turkey, heading for Italy.

"According to the statements of 29 rescued people, there were 80 people on the boat, so up to 50 people are missing," a coastguard press office official told AFP.

The rescue effort, ordered by merchant shipping minister Yannis Plakiotakis, according to a coastguard statement, included four vessels already sailing in the southern Aegean, two coastguard patrol boats and a Greek air force helicopter.

However, strong winds of up to 30 miles per hour were hampering the operation, coastguard spokesperson Nikos Kokalas told Skai radio.

"Many of those shipwrecked were not wearing life-jackets," Kokolas said.

Although the boat appears to have been trying to get to Italy, Greece is often the country of choice for migrants fleeing Africa and the Middle East to try to reach a better life in the European Union.

Thousands come to Greece via Turkey over the narrow and perilous sea crossing separating the traditional enemies.

Sixty-four people have perished 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.

The Greek coastguard on Sunday said 122 migrants were rescued near Rhodes after their vessel ran into trouble after sailing from Turkey.

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 and illegal expulsions" from its territory.

Charity groups and media accuse Athens of illegally turning back migrants, a charge Greece's conservative Greek government has denied.





 

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