Tsipras: Interview with La Repubblica about shipwreck – “The Europe of Meloni and Mitsotakis has failed”
"Immigrants are dying and traffickers are getting stronger", underlines Alexis Tsipras after the shipwreck in Pylos
"Immigrants are dying and traffickers are getting stronger", underlines Alexis Tsipras after the shipwreck in Pylos
Women also said to have been in the hold, amid fears 78 so far confirmed dead could rise into the hundreds
According to the spokesperson for Greece's caretaker government, Ilias Siakantaris, the Greek authorities cannot verify the claims that a fishing vessel that sunk off Greece en route from Libya to Italy had onboard approximately 700-750 individuals. Siakantaris made this statement during an interview with state broadcaster ERT.
Varoufakis also mentioned solidarity with the victims' relatives and added that these hecatombs began in the 1990s and are "an ongoing, unfolding tragedy."
The transfer of migrants rescued from the fishing boat shipwreck off Pylos, in SW Greece, to the Kalamata hospital continues into Wednesday night, a local health official said.
A massive search-and-rescue operation mounted by the Hellenic Coast Guard has so far rescued 104 individuals - none of whom were wearing a life jacket - including four people rushed to Kalamata hospital in a Super-Puma helicopter.