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Migrant trawler capsizes off Greece with hundreds missing; Greek authorities facing criticism for response

  • Spanish charity Open Arms rescued 117 migrants from a wooden boat sailing from Libya.
  • There are conflicting accounts over whether migrants on the sunken trawler rejected help or begged for it before the ship sank.
  • As many as 500 migrants are still missing after a trawler carrying up to 750 people capsized off the coast of Greece.
  • survivors have been rescued, while 78 bodies have been recovered from the shipwreck.
  • Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended Greece's response to the disaster and criticized opposition parties for their record on migration.
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