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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

19 feared dead after people smuggler's boat capsizes off Greek islands

Shipwreck is deadliest in Mediterranean for over a month since operations to rescue migrants were stepped upUp to 19 people are feared to have drowned trying to reach Greece from Turkey, in the deadliest Mediterranean shipwreck since May.A people smuggler’s boat carrying up to 40 passengers capsized on Tuesday morning between the small Greek islands of Agathonisi and Farmakonisi, 10 miles from the Turkish coast. One passenger has been confirmed dead and 21 have been rescued, leaving as many as 18 still missing. “We don’t know their nationalities,” said Stella Nanou, a UN refugee agency spokeswoman. Continue reading...


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