Two shipwrecks have affected the coasts of Greece last night. A boat sank off the island Lesvosin the northeast Aegean, with about 40 people on board, and another boat, a sailing ship with about 95 people on board, however, has left near the island Kythirasouth of the Peloponnese.
For now, the Coast Guard has recovered 17 corpses: The bodies belong to 16 women of North African descent and a boy who were sunk on board the boat, believed to be a rubber dinghy, before Lesvos. Coastguard spokesman Nikos Kokkalas told Greek TV ERT that ten more women have been rescued, while a dozen missing people are being sought.
However, of the 95 migrants on board the ship, 80 people from Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan were rescued by Greek authorities, including seven women and 18 children. Many are saved by swimming to the cliffs and were then rescued with a winch, as can be seen in the coast guard pictures. Authorities are continuing the salvage and search for the other missing persons.
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