Greek shipwreck does little to dissuade Pakistanis leaving for Europe

Zafar Iqbal shows a picture of his son Kehwan Ali and nephews Hassan Imran and Kanwal Mukthar, all three of whom have been missing since the end of March. Photograph: Shah Meer Baloch/The Guardian

In one of the busiest hubs for trafficking in Pakistan, would-be migrants are continuing to leave for Europe despite hundreds of people drowning after a trawler sank off the Greek coast last month, the Guardian has found.

In the past week, at least two more people from the district of Mandi Bahauddin, in eastern Pakistan, have left with the help of traffickers. The continued migration comes as families mourn loved ones believed to be on the Greek shipwreck, most of whose passengers were from Pakistan, and those missing after previous forlorn attempts to reach Europe.