Brutte notizie dalla Grecia. Una barca di otto metri si è rovesciata in mare dalle parti di Preveza, sulla costa nord ovest della Grecia, poco dopo essere partita alla volta delle coste italiane con 25 passeggeri a bordo. La guardia costiera ha recuperato in mare il corpo di un signore di 48 anni e quello di un bambino di otto anni. Ancora disperso invece un secondo bambino, che secondo alcuni testimoni sarebbe il fratellino gemello del bambino trovato morto. I dettagli sulla stampa greca.
Two migrants drown off Preveza
published on Kathimerini
ATHENS, 18 May 2011 - Authorities in the northwestern port of Preveza on Wednesday recovered the bodies of a 48-year-old male migrant and a child believed to have been passengers in a smuggling boat found washed up on a local beach.
Another 22 would-be migrants – most believed to be of Afghan and Pakistani origin – were transferred to a local hospital for health checks. The migrants told police that another child who had been on the eight-meter speed boat with them was missing.
The migrants’ suspected smuggler has been detained, police said, adding that they were seeking his suspected accomplice, believed to be hiding in the port area.
It is thought that the smuggling boat had set off from the Ionian island of Lefkada and had been heading for Italy.
Two migrants drown off Preveza
published on Kathimerini
ATHENS, 18 May 2011 - Authorities in the northwestern port of Preveza on Wednesday recovered the bodies of a 48-year-old male migrant and a child believed to have been passengers in a smuggling boat found washed up on a local beach.
Another 22 would-be migrants – most believed to be of Afghan and Pakistani origin – were transferred to a local hospital for health checks. The migrants told police that another child who had been on the eight-meter speed boat with them was missing.
The migrants’ suspected smuggler has been detained, police said, adding that they were seeking his suspected accomplice, believed to be hiding in the port area.
It is thought that the smuggling boat had set off from the Ionian island of Lefkada and had been heading for Italy.