Capsizing

Search and rescue launched after migrant dinghy capsizes off Agathonissi

A search and rescue operation is underway after a dinghy carrying migrants capsized off the coast of the islet of Agathonissi in the eastern Aegean, the coast guard said.

Seventeen people have been rescued so far. It is not known how many passengers were on board. Two coast guard vessels, a private boat and an air force helicopter are searching the area.

The Turkish Coast Guard rescued two Bulgarian Children on an inflatable boat in Enez

Teams of the Turkish Coast Guard rescued two Bulgarian girls, aged 7 and 9, from drowning in the bay near Enez in Edirne region, BTA reported.

The children were swimming in an inflatable boat in the sea near the shore. It had been dragged by the stormy wind into deep water and was in danger of capsizing.

Pakistan reported 300 of its Citizens Killed in the Migrant Ship off Greece

Pakistan has reported around 300 of its citizens who died when a ship carrying illegal migrants from Libya to Europe capsized last week.

"Senate President Sadiq Sanjrani deeply mourns the tragic loss of nearly 300 Pakistanis following a boat accident off the coast of Greece," Sanjrani's office said in a tweet, as quoted by Russia's Interfax news agency on Monday.

Political friction over shipwreck

The tragic shipwreck off the southern coast of Greece on Wednesday, with dozens of deaths and hundreds missing, has become a source of confrontation between the country's caretaker government and leftist SYRIZA, which referred to "unanswered questions" in relation to the management of one the Mediterranean's worst tragedies of its kind.

Greece boat disaster: 12 Pakistanis among survivors

Twelve Pakistanis were among survivors from a boat packed with migrants that capsized off the coast of Greece this week, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday.

Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said the government was unable so far to verify the number of Pakistanis who died, or their identities.

No survivors found during Friday’s search off southern Greece

The search for missing people following the sinking of a migrant vessel off the southern coast of Greece on Wednesday continued for a second day Friday in the wider area where the fishing vessel with hundreds on board capsized and sank. 

The search mission did not yield results even though hundreds of people are still unaccounted for. 

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