KALAMATA: Greek rescuers on Thursday (Jun 15) scoured the Ionian Sea for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank, killing at least 78 people, with fears that the t
, killing at least 78 people, with fears that the toll could eventually run into the hundreds.
One survivor told hospital doctors in Kalamata that he had seen a hundred children in the boat's hold, ERT reported.The survivors were"in a very bad psychological situation", she added. Around 30 people were hospitalised with pneumonia, dehydration and exhaustion but are not in immediate danger, officials said.Map showing the zone where a fishing boat, overloaded with migrants, capsized and sank off Greece.
Alexiou, the coastguard spokesman, suggested that the boat might have capsized earlier if the coastguard had attempted to intervene.
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