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Greek MP expelled from Mitsotakis’ party over shipwreck comments

A right-wing Greek parliamentarian was expelled from the party of former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, seeking a second term at polls next weekend, for racist remarks after the mass drowning …

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Search for boat survivors, bodies continues in Greece

Greek authorities are continuing their search and rescue operation following the sinking of a trawler overcrowded with migrants in one of the deepest parts of the Mediterranean Sea, the country’s …

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What we know about migrant tragedy off Greece

With at least 78 dead and hundreds more feared missing after the sinking of a rusty trawler off Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula Wednesday, questions are being asked if more could have …

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More than 120 Syrians aboard Greece migrant shipwreck

At least 125 Syrians were on board a migrant ship that sank off Greece this week, relatives and activists said Friday, as rescuers scoured the waters for hundreds feared missing. …

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Hope fades for survivors of migrant boat disaster off Greece

Greek rescuers on Friday scanned the Ionian Sea by air and boat for survivors of a migrant boat sinking, as hope faded of finding more people alive two days after …

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‘Fortress Europe’ policies blamed for Greece migrant boat tragedy

Brussels has put the blame on people-smuggling gangs, but for many NGOs and rights groups, the latest migrant boat sinking, off Greece, is the fault of a “Fortress Europe” policy. …

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9 suspects held after Greece boat tragedy: port source

Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of being people smugglers after the migrant boat disaster off Greece that claimed at least 78 lives, a port source told AFP Thursday. …

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Hundreds feared drowned in migrant shipwreck off Greece

Rescuers have scoured the seas off Greece following a shipwreck that killed at least 78 migrants, as hopes of survivors dwindled and fears grew that hundreds more, including children, may …

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Greece declares three days’ mourning over migrant tragedy

Greece has declared three days of mourning, the interim prime minister’s office said Wednesday, over a migrant boat sinking in the Ionian Sea feared to have claimed hundreds of lives. …

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Greece says 80 migrants rescued after ship capsizes

Greece’s coastguard said Wednesday that 80 migrants had been rescued after their boat capsized and sank in international waters off the southwestern Peloponnese coast. Strong winds were complicating efforts, which …

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