Posted on 6/15/2023 10:15 PM Updated on 6/15/2023 10:29 PM
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E. Lagarde, L. Feuerstein, P. Goldmann – France 3
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After the sinking of a refugee boat off Greece in the night from Tuesday, June 13 to Wednesday, June 14, the official number on Thursday is still 78 dead. First testimonies raise doubts about the intervention of the Greek coast guard.
According to the official report, 78 people died when a refugee boat sank off Greece in the night from Tuesday, June 13 to Wednesday, June 14. The ship, an old fishing boat, was overloaded. Some testimonies mention more than 700 people on board. The ship had left Libya six days earlier to reach Italy. It was around 1:40 a.m. Wednesday when his engine failed. The Greek Coast Guard was nearby at the time for surveillance. They saw the boat capsize 20 minutes later.
A tow of survivors
What happened between the breakdown and the sinking? The first testimonies are worrying. “The survivors tell us that the boat capsized while maneuvering to where it was being towed by the Greek Coast Guard. They tell us that it was not towed towards the Greek coast, but outside the Greek rescue zone,” he told Vincent Cochetel of the UNHCR Western and Central Mediterranean. A towing service never mentioned by the Greek authorities. According to European border police who flew over the boat, the migrants never asked for help before they ran aground.
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