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No survivors have been present in searches carried out at present within the Ionian Sea in Greece South after the sinking of the fishing boat on which lots of of migrants have been touring off the coast of the Peloponnese. The Ekathimerini newspaper writes it, explaining that lots of of persons are nonetheless lacking.

In response to media stories, there have been between 400 and 750 migrants on board the vessel, together with 100 youngsters. To date 104 individuals have been rescued, whereas 79 our bodies have been discovered. There might have been as many as 100 youngsters within the maintain.

9 PEOPLE ARRESTED

The Greek authorities have in the meantime arrested 9 individuals, the alleged traffickers of the crew of the vessel. The arrests have been made on the port of Kalamata. The 9 alleged traffickers, Egyptians aged between 20 and 40, are among the many 105 survivors of the shipwreck. They're accused of manslaughter, human trafficking and being a part of a legal group. Within the subsequent few hours, all the opposite survivors might be taken to a reception middle north of Athens the place they are going to be registered and from the place they'll have the ability to current their asylum request.

The Greek Coast Guard has prolonged the realm of ​​search and rescue operations off the southwest coast of the nation. However the search might be suspended at present.

BETWEEN 4 THOUSAND AND 6 THOUSAND EUROS TO LEAVE ON THE SUCKED FISHING BOAT

Between 4,000 and 6,000 euros. The migrants would have paid a lot for the journey of hope that has develop into one more tragedy of the ocean. The survivors advised it.

FRONTEX DATA ON ARRIVALS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

The variety of irregular crossings of the EU exterior border detected within the first 5 months of 2023 alongside the Central Mediterranean route greater than doubled in comparison with the primary 5 months of 2022, to 50,318, a rise of 158%, reaching the very best since 2017. Irregular arrivals in Italy symbolize about half of the full arrivals within the EU, which reached 102,000 in the identical interval, a rise of 12%. Frontex communicates it. All different migration routes noticed declines in arrivals within the first 5 months of this yr, from -6% within the Western Mediterranean (to the Iberian Peninsula) to -47% on the West African route (to the Canaries). The Western Balkans, the second most traveled route, additionally noticed a 25% drop within the first 5 months, with 30,717 detections. The principle nationalities among the many arrivals in Italy within the first 5 months are the Ivory Coast, Egypt and Guinea; on the Balkan route, Syrians, Afghans and Turks prevail.