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Around 50 missing after migrant boat sinks off Greece
Coastguard official, there were 80 people on the boat
10 August, 13:43
(ANSA-AFP) - TRIESTE, 10 AGO - Around 50 people are missing
after a boat carrying migrants sank off the Greek island of
Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, a coastguard official told AFP
Wednesday. "According to the statements of 29 rescued people,
there were 80 people on the boat, so up to 50 people are
missing," he said. The Greek coastguard is searching for the
missing following the shipwreck which happened after the boat
left Turkey on Tuesday heading for Italy. The rescue effort
included four vessels that were already sailing in the southern
Aegean, two coastguard patrol boats and a Greek air force
helicopter. However, strong winds of up to 50 kilometres per
hour (30 mph) were hampering the operation, coastguard
spokesperson Nikos Kokalas told Skai radio. (ANSA-AFP).
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