US EditionCollision between migrant speedboat, Greek coast guard vessel leaves at least 15 dead
At least 15 migrants died after a collision with a Greek coast guard vessel off Chios, with 25 rescued including 11 children, amid a search for others possibly missing.
- Late Tuesday night, off Chios, a collision between a migrant speedboat and a coastguard vessel killed at least 15 people, the coastguard said.
- The coastguard said it ordered the migrant dinghy to turn back during a pursuit, and an unnamed coastguard official reported the boat manoeuvred toward the patrol vessel before the collision.
- Fourteen bodies were recovered, officials said, including 11 men and three women, while about 25 rescued migrants, including about 11 children, were taken to Chios hospital and witnesses estimated 30-35 people were onboard.
- Chios hospital staff were placed on alert as Michalis Giannakos, head of Greece's public hospital workers' union, said several injured individuals required surgery.
- Amid scrutiny over pushbacks, the European Union border agency reviewed alleged violations by Greece last year, while UNHCR reported roughly 1,000 crossings this year and IOM estimated about 33,000 Mediterranean deaths since 2014.
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Mid Florida NewspapersGreek rescuers search for potential missing people after deadly migrant boat collision
Greek coast guard patrol boats and a helicopter are searching in the Aegean Sea for possible missing people after a collision between a patrol vessel and a speedboat carrying migrants left at least 15 people dead. The number of people…
A Greek coast guard patrol boat and a boat carrying migrants collided in the Aegean Sea on Tuesday, killing 14 people, police said. Several people were injured, including seven children, a pregnant woman and two coast guard personnel, according to Greek media reports quoted by the French news agency AFP.
Fifteen migrants died off Greece after boat collision with coast guard
ATHENS, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Fifteen migrants died in the Aegean Sea off Greece on Tuesday after their boat collided with a coast guard vessel off the island of Chios, the coast guard said. A coastguard official said they spotted a dingy transporting migrants towards Chios, which lies a few miles off the coast of Turkey, and ordered them to turn back. “The smugglers manoeuvred toward the coast guard vessel causing a collision,” the official told R…
Chios: At Least 15 Dead in Greek Coast Guard and Migrant Boat Collision
File photo of migrants arriving on Lesvos. Credit: Cgia Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 An unfolding tragedy in Chios has left at least 15 people dead following a violent encounter between a Hellenic Coast Guard patrol and a vessel carrying migrants. According to official reports, the deceased include 11 men and four women, all adults. Search and rescue operations remain underway as the exact number of passengers is still unknown and several indi…
In a collision between the Coast Guard and a boat with migrants, several people have died.
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