Probe called over Greek coast guard's role in deaths of migrants
China DailyA migrant saved from the Mediterranean Sea on Monday is assisted in Roccella Ionica, southern Italy. VALERIA FERRARO/AP The main opposition party in Greece has called for an inquiry after allegations made by the BBC that the actions of the country's coast guard service has led to the deaths of dozens of migrants over the past three years, with nine of them allegedly deliberately thrown into the sea. The BBC showed footage, previously published by The New York Times, of 12 people being put into a Greek coast guard boat and then abandoned on a dinghy, to a former senior official from the coast guard. Another popular destination for migrants is Italy, whose coast guard officials said on Monday that 11 people died and more than 60 were missing following two migrant shipwrecks off the country's southern shores. It alleged that while Greek coast guards had said the boat overturned because of "commotion" on the deck, firsthand accounts suggested that before it sank, a Greek special forces team had tried to force the boat out of the country's waters, and search and rescue efforts were described as "delayed and inadequate".