Nine arrests have been made in connection with a deadly migrant shipwreck off the coast of Greece
Witness accounts suggested between 400 and 750 people had packed the 20- to 30 metre-long fishing boat that capsized and sank early on Wednesday morning about 50 miles from the southern coastal town of Pylos.
They wept and hugged through metal barricades, erected by Greek police around a warehouse in Kalamata where survivors had been sleeping for the past two days.About 25 other relatives gathered outside hoping for news, clasping screenshots of their loved ones on mobiles phones. The ageing fishing vessel was thought to have departed from Egypt, then picked up passengers in the Libyan coastal city of Tobruk on June 10. Greek authorities say survivors have told them they paid $4,500 each to go to Italy.are still unclear.
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