A major search continued for possible survivors of a sea disaster in Greece, as hundreds of people are still feared missing. An official with one major global charity said there were reports that 100 kids could have been trapped in the boat's hold.
— Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued Thursday for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece. Hundreds of people were still feared missing, and an official with one major global charity said there were reports that 100 kids could have been trapped in the boat's hold.
Greece declared three days of mourning and politicians suspended campaigning for a general election on June 25. A Supreme Court prosecutor ordered an investigation into the circumstances of the deaths. "These deaths are tragically not unexpected," said Gorevan in the statement tweeted by Save the Children."Member States have gone to extraordinary lengths to close off all routes to children and their families seeking safety in Europe. Often their only option is to take dangerous journeys by boat, and tragedies like this sinking are the inevitable, deadly result."
Libya was plunged into chaos following a NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Muammar Qaddafi in 2011. "We are witnessing one of the biggest tragedies in the Mediterranean, and the numbers announced by the authorities are devastating," said Gianluca Rocco, head of the Greek section of IOM, the U.N. migration agency.
Twenty-nine of the survivors in southern Greece remain hospitalized, mostly with symptoms of hypothermia, while eight have been questioned by coast guard investigators. Government officials said the survivors would be moved to a migrant shelter near Athens later Thursday or Friday.The bodies of the dead were moved to a morgue outside Athens, where DNA samples and facial photographs will be taken to start the identification process.
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