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Greece: At least 16 dead in migrant boat accident

  • By Al Mayadeen Net
  • Source: Agencies
  • 25 Dec 2021 09:26
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The Greek Coastguard confirms 16 bodies, including those of three women and a baby, were found after a boat capsized and sank near the island of Paros.

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  • The UN refugee agency UNHCR said the Folegandros accident was the worst in the Aegean Sea this year.
    The UN refugee agency UNHCR said the Folegandros accident was the worst in the Aegean Sea this year.

At least sixteen people died when a migrant boat sank in the Aegean, Greece's Coastguard said early Saturday, just hours after a similar incident claimed another 11 lives.

The latest tragedy, the third since Wednesday, came amid high smuggler activity not seen in Greek waters in months.

According to Athens news agency, the Coastguard found 16 bodies late Friday, including those of three women and a baby, and rescued 63 people from a boat that capsized and sank near the island of Paros.

Hours earlier, 11 bodies were recovered from a boat that ran aground on an islet north of the Greek island of Antikythera on Thursday evening, while 90 people were rescued, the Coastguard said.

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On Wednesday, a small boat carrying migrants overturned near the island of Folegandros, killing at least three people.

Thirteen people were rescued, while dozens remain missing, Greek authorities confirmed.

The UN refugee agency UNHCR said the Folegandros accident was the worst in the Aegean Sea this year.

For his part, Adriano Silvestri, the UNHCR's Assistant Representative in Greece, said "this shipwreck is a painful reminder that people continue to embark on perilous voyages in search of safety."

The UNHCR estimates that more than 2,500 people have died or gone missing at sea in their attempt to reach Europe from January through November this year.

Nearly one million people arrived in the European Union in 2015 after crossing to Greek islands close to Turkey.

"These days, the criminal activity of smugglers, who are indifferent to human life, has intensified, stacking dozens of distressed people, without life jackets, on boats that do not even meet the basic safety standards," Giannis Plakiotakis, Maritime Affairs Minister commented late Friday. 

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