The Greek Coast Guard launched a search operation on Wednesday in the waters south of the island of Rhodes (Greece) in the Aegean Sea after the crash of a boat with migrants and refugees on board and the alleged disappearance of dozens of people. according to survivors.
Emergency services found 30 of these migrants alive, and the number of missing is unknown. Authorities estimate that about 50 other migrants were traveling on the boat, which sank in neutral waters 38 miles from Rhodes.
A coast guard spokesman quoted by the ERT network, Nikos Kokkalas, said the 15-meter cabin vessel “wasn’t ready to take on so many people.” Of the survivors, only a few had life jackets.
All rescued are men, mostly from Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. According to the first information, they took off two days ago from the Turkish city of Antalya and had a destination in Italy, which was confirmed by Kokkalas.
More than a thousand migrants and refugees have died in the Mediterranean this year.
International Organization for Migration (IOM), which estimates at least 64 victims in the eastern part of this sea, in waters that connect with countries such as Greece and Cyprus.
Source: El Correo
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