At least 78 people dead in shipwreck off Greece
Survivors of a shipwreck sleep at a warehouse at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens, Wednesday, June 14, 2023.
AT LEAST 78 people have died and hundreds more are presumed dead following a shipwreck off the coast of Greece in the early hours of this morning.
Greek authorities said today that the coastguard, navy and merchant vessels had rescued 104 people from a capsized fishing boat 45 miles south-west of the Peloponnese peninsula.
The passengers, the authorities believe, set sail from Libya’s north-east coast several days ago, in the hope of reaching safety in Italy.
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