Greek authorities mounted a search and rescue operation to avoid wasting
about 100 migrants whose vessel sank after hitting a rocky space in
stormy waters close to the island of Kythira on Wednesday, the
coastguard stated, Development reviews citing Reuters.
“Their vessel smashed right into a rocky space and sank,” a coastguard
official stated. “One coastguard vessel, joined by a Greek navy
helicopter are dashing to the realm.”
The coastguard didn’t have extra info on potential
casualties or on the nationality of the migrants.
Kythira is an island mendacity reverse the southeastern tip of the
Peloponnese peninsula.
Greece was the frontline of Europe’s migration disaster in 2015
and 2016, when one million refugees fleeing conflict and poverty from
Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan arrived, primarily through Turkey.
