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Collision between migrant speedboat, Greek coast guard vessel leaves at least 15 dead
- 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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14 migrants died in the Aegean Sea off the Greek island of Chios on Tuesday after a rubber dinghy collided with a coast guard ship.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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Two members of the Greek Coast Guard and 25 rescued migrants were transferred to the hospital on the island of Chios, off which the accident occurred.
·Paris, France
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The injured included seven children and one pregnant woman, according to the public channel ERT and the Greek news agency ANA.
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Total News Sources56
Leaning Left21Leaning Right9Center15Last UpdatedBias Distribution47% Left
Bias Distribution
- 47% of the sources lean Left
47% Left
L 47%
C 33%
R 20%
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