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4 dead, 18 saved after boat sinks off Greek island of Lesbos

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Aug 29, 2023
4 dead, 18 saved after boat sinks off Greek island of Lesbos

The survivors, who have actually been carried to the port of Mytilene in Lesbos, consisted of Yemenis, Palestinians and Somalis.

4 migrants and refugees have actually passed away and 18 saved after the boat they were taking a trip on capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos, according to Greek authorities.

A patrol got 22 individuals in the Aegean Sea, however 4 of them were dead, the Hellenic Coast Guard stated on Monday in a quick declaration.

The survivors were moved to Mytilene, the primary city on Lesbos.

No information were formally offered about the citizenships or the condition of those saved.

According to regional media reports, the survivors consisted of Yemenis, Palestinians and Somalis.

Greece has actually been among the favored entry points into Europe for many individuals from Africa and Asia, looking for haven from dispute and hardship.

According to the United Nations, more than 15,000 individuals have actually reached Greece by sea and land up until now this year and authorities in Athens have actually been greatly criticised for their handling and management of asylum applications.

In June, a battered fishing trawler heading from Libya to Italy with an approximated 500-750 individuals on board sank in global waters off southwestern Greece.

Just 104 survivors were discovered and questions continue over the Greek federal government and coastguards’ sluggish reaction towards saving drowning refugee boats along its shoreline.

After almost a million individuals got in Greece at the height of Europe’s 2015 refugee crisis, the huge bulk intending to move north to wealthier European nations, Athens has actually carried out a difficult border policy.

While the Greek federal government has actually associated the migrant and refugee arrivals over the previous couple of months to great summer season weather condition and smugglers making the most of the scenario, humanitarian groups and search-and-rescue guard dogs have actually stated Athens’s hard policy continues to total up to prohibited pushbacks of possible asylum applicants at sea.

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