US EditionCollision between migrant speedboat, Greek coast guard vessel leaves at least 15 dead
At least 15 migrants died and 24 were hospitalized after a Greek coast guard vessel collided with a migrant speedboat during a pursuit off Chios, authorities said.
- Late Tuesday night, off Chios, a collision between a migrant speedboat and a coastguard vessel killed at least 15 people, the coastguard said.
- The coastguard said it ordered the migrant dinghy to turn back during a pursuit, and an unnamed coastguard official reported the boat manoeuvred toward the patrol vessel before the collision.
- Fourteen bodies were recovered, officials said, including 11 men and three women, while about 25 rescued migrants, including about 11 children, were taken to Chios hospital and witnesses estimated 30-35 people were onboard.
- Chios hospital staff were placed on alert as Michalis Giannakos, head of Greece's public hospital workers' union, said several injured individuals required surgery.
- Amid scrutiny over pushbacks, the European Union border agency reviewed alleged violations by Greece last year, while UNHCR reported roughly 1,000 crossings this year and IOM estimated about 33,000 Mediterranean deaths since 2014.
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In a collision between a refugee boat and a Greek patrol boat, 15 people died, including children. Dozens were partly seriously injured.
Fifteen migrants die after boat collides with vessel off Chios
Greek coast guard boats and a helicopter scoured the sea near an eastern Aegean island on Wednesday after an overnight collision between a patrol boat and a speedboat carrying migrants killed at least 15 people and injured more than two dozen. According to the coast guard, initial information indicated most of those on board the speedboat were from Afghanistan. Twenty-four people, including 11 children, were hospitalised on the island of Chios f…
At least 15 people killed in collision between migrant speedboat and Greek coastguard vessel
A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios has killed at least 15 people, the coast guard said late Tuesday, while a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway for potentially missing people.
In front of the island of Chios, a ship of the Greek coast guard has collided with a refugee boat.
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