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Hundreds missing in migrant boat sinking; EU Commissioner says 'worst ever tragedy' in Mediterranean
Medical staffs carry a survivor on a stretcher outside a warehouse at the port in Kalamata town, on June 15, 2023, after a boat carrying dozens of migrants sank in international waters in the Ionian Sea. Greece has declared three days of mourning, th The sinking of a migrant boat off the coast of Greece may have been the deadliest of modern times.An undetermined amount of people numbering in the hundreds remained missing and were likely killed when the migrant vessel sank earlier this week. "We don’t have all information yet on what has happened but it seems like this is the worst ever tragedy we’ve seen in the Mediterranean," EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson told a press conference in Brussels on Friday.A survivor stands as other survivors of a shipwreck sit inside a warehouse at the port in Kalamata town, on June 15, 2023, after a boat carrying migrants sank in international waters in the Ionian Sea.