Fight on Greek islands ferry ends with arrest of 14 passengers
4 months, 1 week ago

Fight on Greek islands ferry ends with arrest of 14 passengers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fourteen passengers have reportedly been arrested after a fight broke out on a Greek islands passenger ferry. The brawl, on board a ship carrying 717 passengers, is thought to have erupted when two men exchanged blows during a three-hour journey from the island of Tinos to Rafina on mainland Greece. Coastguard officials said police and port authorities questioned a total of 14 passengers, including three children, who were later released.

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Greek authorities say boat capsizing victims and survivors were from Afghanistan. 2 Turks arrested
1 day, 22 hours ago

Greek authorities say boat capsizing victims and survivors were from Afghanistan. 2 Turks arrested

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s coast guard said Saturday it was searching for survivors or victims of a speedboat capsizing a day earlier involving migrants off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes. A total of 18 migrants — 12 men, three women and three minors — all Afghan nationals, were rescued, the coast guard said Saturday. Seven migrants were killed and …

8 dead, 18 rescued as speedboat carrying migrants capsizes near Greek island of Rhodes
3 days, 9 hours ago

8 dead, 18 rescued as speedboat carrying migrants capsizes near Greek island of Rhodes

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greeece — A speedboat carrying migrants capsized Friday morning off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes, leaving eight dead, Greek authorities said. The coast guard said the incident occurred while the speedboat was carrying out “dangerous maneuvers” to try and evade a patrol vessel, causing migrants to fall into the sea. AP AUDIO: 8 dead, 18 rescued as speedboat …

Smugglers throwing migrants off speedboats in Aegean Sea to avoid arrest, says Greek coast guard
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Smugglers throwing migrants off speedboats in Aegean Sea to avoid arrest, says Greek coast guard

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Smugglers ferrying migrants from Turkey to Greece’s eastern islands have in two cases adopted the new and dangerous tactic of knocking some passengers off their speedboats into the sea to avoid capture by pursuing coast guards, Greek authorities say. The Greek coast guard said Tuesday that in one case over the weekend a Palestinian and an Afghan …

Greek coast guards open fire on migrant smuggling boat after alleged ramming, killing 1 passenger
4 months ago

Greek coast guards open fire on migrant smuggling boat after alleged ramming, killing 1 passenger

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — The crew of a Greek coast guard vessel opened fire on a speedboat smuggling migrants — including several children — from neighboring Turkey killing one passenger, Greek authorities said Friday. A coast guard statement said shots were fired, first into the air and then at the speedboat’s engine “to avert the direct threat to the patrol boat …

Greek defense team says 9 Egyptians accused of causing deadly shipwreck were misidentified as crew
7 months, 1 week ago

Greek defense team says 9 Egyptians accused of causing deadly shipwreck were misidentified as crew

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — The legal defense team for nine Egyptian men due to go on trial in southern Greece next week accused of causing one of the Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwrecks said Thursday they will argue that Greece has no jurisdiction in the case, and insisted their clients were innocent survivors who have been unjustly prosecuted. Greek authorities have rejected accusations …

Hundreds more migrants reach the Greek islands in boats and smaller vessels from Turkey
1 year, 3 months ago

Hundreds more migrants reach the Greek islands in boats and smaller vessels from Turkey

The Independent  

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Hundreds more migrants reach the Greek islands in boats and smaller vessels from Turkey
1 year, 3 months ago

Hundreds more migrants reach the Greek islands in boats and smaller vessels from Turkey

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — More than 450 migrants reached Greece’s Aegean Sea islands in boats from Turkey in less than two days, Greek authorities said Thursday, including 51 people who made landfall on the high-end resort of Mykonos. In the Mykonos incident, a Greek coast guard statement said a motor yacht that had landed 42 men, eight women and a child …

Search for loved ones, truth in Greece after migrant boat tragedy
1 year, 6 months ago

Search for loved ones, truth in Greece after migrant boat tragedy

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of people are missing after a refugee-filled vessel capsizes off Greece’s west coast, killing dozens. “I don’t know if you can consider these men lucky when there are people at the bottom of the sea,” said Mihalis Yiannakos, the head of Greece’s public hospital doctors’ union. “The trawler didn’t ask for any help from the coastguard or from Greece.” …

Greece arrests nine survivors from capsized refugee ship
1 year, 6 months ago

Greece arrests nine survivors from capsized refugee ship

Al Jazeera  

Egyptian nationals have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to the smuggling ring that arranged the deadly voyage. The Greek coastguard says nine survivors from the refugee ship that sank off the country’s coast have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to the smuggling ring that arranged the voyage. The arrests were “the result of two days of interviews with …

Ship captain arrested after collision with Greek warship
4 years, 1 month ago

Ship captain arrested after collision with Greek warship

The Independent  

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