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Greek coastguard under scrutiny over handling of migrant ship disaster

Greek coast guard transfer body bags carrying migrants who died after their boat capcised in open sea on 14 June. © Stelios Misinas/Reuters

The Greek coast guard is facing questions over its handling of the sinking of a fishing trawler last week with hundreds of migrants on board.

The Greek coastguard, which had been shadowing the boat for 15 hours before it capcised, has come under increasing scrutiny over its response to the fishing trawler that capsized with hundreds of migrants on board on 14 June, on its way from the Libyan coast city of Tobruk.

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