At least seven migrants died when a boat carrying migrants and refugees sank off a small island in southern Greece.
Greece’s coastguard official said it had rescued more than 90 people after their sailing boat hit rocks north of the remote island of Antikythera the previous day.
Seven bodies were recovered, and search efforts were continuing, it said. Those rescued so far included 27 children, 11 women and 52 men, the official added.
“It is still not clear how many were on the boat before it sank,” the official said.
Also this week, at least one man drowned after a migrant boat sank off the Greek island of Folegandros, dozens remain missing. Twelve migrants were rescued and taken to hospital, the coast guard said.
A massive search and rescue operation was underway off the Greek island of Folegandros on Wednesday (December 21), after a migrant boat carrying up to 50 people sank. At least one person died, local authorities said.
The Greek coast guard said that they rescued 12 people, including children. They are currently in hospital on the nearby island of Santorini. Those rescued hailed from Iraq (7), Syria (3) and Egypt (2), according to news agency AFP.
Citing testimonies from survivors, the coast guard said the boat was carrying between 32 and 50 people. It reportedly started taking in water after suffering an engine failure near Folegandros, a small island in the Aegean Sea.
