The search continued on Saturday for
hundreds of migrants and refugees feared missing after their
overcrowded boat capsized off Greece on Wednesday.
A naval frigate, three coast guard ships and a coast guard
helicopter were searching for the missing in international
waters, 47 nautical miles south-west of the Greek coastal town
of Pylos in the Peloponnese.
So far 78 people have been confirmed dead following the
incident, which reportedly occurred after the trawler reportedly
carrying up to 750 people including about 100 children
overturned when a Greek coastguard vessel started tugging it to
safety.
104 people were subsequently rescued.
The boat was travelling from Tobruk in Libya to Italy and it
somehow ended up off Pylos in Greece.
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