Greece continues this Thursday with the search for shipwrecked ship overloaded with migrants and point out that the death toll could rise to 600.
In the wreck of a fishing boat in the Aegean Sea “It is possible that there are up to 600 dead”Manolis Makaris, the doctor who received the survivors at the hospital in the Greek city of Kalamata, said Thursday, based on testimonies from the migrants he assisted.
“Everyone has told me that there were 750 people on the ship, everyone has told me about this number,” Makaris said. So far, 78 bodies have been recovered and 104 migrants who were traveling in the sunken fishing boat have been rescued.
According to information from a Greek spokesman, Ilias Siakantaris, the fishing boat had about 750 people on board. So far, the coastguards indicated that they have recovered 78 bodies from the tragedy that occurred on Wednesday, for which Greece declared three days of mourning. Previously, the coast guard had reported 79 bodies recovered.
Besides, the forces rescued 104 people alivebut it is feared that hundreds more are missing, based on the testimony of the survivors and the fact that there are no women and children among them.
The worst maritime disaster in recent years
Stella Nanou, of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)indicated that the shipwreck could be “the worst maritime tragedy in recent years in Greece.”
Due to the repercussion of the catastrophe, Pope Francis referred to it: “Pope Francis sends his sincere prayers for the many migrants who diedtheir relatives and all those who were traumatized by this tragedy,” said a telegram signed by the number two of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
The ship, as reconstructed by the sources of the case, left Libya for Italy. The survivors are mostly from Syria (47), Egypt (43) and Pakistan (12)
Source: Ambito
