Nine Egyptian nationals arrested for people smuggling after Greece migrant ship tragedy

Greece arrests nine survivors from capsized refugee ship

Egyptian nationals have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to the smuggling ring that arranged the deadly voyage.

Greek police arrest nine suspected people smugglers over fatal capsizing of migrant boat

Fears were growing that the final toll could eventually run into the hundreds.

Greek authorities detained nine Egyptians in connection with the boat crash that killed at least 78 migrants. The captain of...

Nine Egyptians suspected of smuggling people have been arrested following the migrant ship disaster off the coast of Greece that claimed the lives of at least 78 people, a source in the port told AFP news agency on Thursday.

Nine Egyptian nationals arrested for people smuggling after Greece migrant ship tragedy

The Greek authorities have arrested nine survivors from the fishing boat that capsized and sank 80 kilometres off the country's coast. They have been arrested on suspicions of belonging to the smuggling ring that had arranged the fateful voyage.  The nine arrested are all Egyptian nationals and include the captain of the dilapidated vessel. They were rounded up from the port of Kalamata where the survivors are being cared for at the moment.

Greece shipwreck: people smuggling suspects arrested as search continues

Nine suspects due to face court as search operation enters third day and protests break out over EU and Greek migration policiesGreek authorities have arrested nine suspected people-smugglers who are believed to have piloted the overcrowded fishing boat that sank off the coast on Wednesday, in one of the worst disasters in the Mediterranean in recent years.The search operation in the tragedy in which hundreds are feared to have died, is due to c…