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September 15, 2023

Migrant Survivors Sue Greece Over Shipwreck That Killed Hundreds
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Forty survivors of a refugee shipwreck have filed a lawsuit accusing the
Greek coast guard of deliberately neglecting to save passengers, and
likely causing their fishing boat to capsize when sailors attempted to
tow the vessel. Hundreds of people perished in the June 14 tragedy. This
is one survivor's account.

Mohamed: "They put a rope and pulled us. It had weight, with a big
number of people. They quickly pulled us and the boat capsized. It moved
to the right, to the left, to the right and it capsized. People started
to fall on each other. It totally capsized. … Because the people were on
top of each other, people were screaming, people were drowning each
other. It was night time and there were waves. It was scary."



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