'Up to 500' missing after migrant boat sunk off Greek coast - including women and children

Greek coast guard defends its response to shipwreck where up to 500 passengers are feared dead

Greece's coast guard defended its actions in responding to a ship carrying hundreds of migrants that ended up sinking off the country's south coast, as criticism mounted Friday over the European Union's years-long failure to hammer out a comprehensive migration and asylum policy. Patrol boats and a helicopter spent a third day scouring the area of the Mediterranean Sea where the packed fishing vessel capsized and sank early Wednesday. The Intern…

Greek coast guard defends actions after hundreds of migrants feared dead

Critics say the coast guard should not have taken direction from people on board, some of them thought to be smugglers.

Greece Migrant Boat Disaster

Following Greece migrant boat disaster, Sara Prestianni from EuromedRights unfolds the ship wreck, and discusses the policy to prevent such tragedic events in the future.

Greece Migrant Boat Disaster

Following Greece migrant boat disaster, Sara Prestianni from EuromedRights unfolds the ship wreck, and discusses the policy to prevent such tragedic events in the future.

Greek coastguard defends actions as up to 650 migrants may have drowned as ship sank

Greece’s coastguard defended its actions in the deadly sinking of a ship carrying hundreds of migrants off the country’s south coast, indicating that a 72-hour rescue operation would be extended.

'Up to 500' missing after migrant boat sunk off Greek coast - including women and children

The 104 men who were rescued from the water have now been transferred to a migrant camp in central Greece.