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Hope fades for hundreds still missing in Greece migrant boat disaster

Migrants who were rescued at open sea off Greece along with other migrants, after their boat capsized, are seen outside a warehouse used as a shelter, at the port of Kalamata, Greece, June 15, 2023. © Stelios Misinas / Reuters

Greece continued the search for survivors on Thursday, a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank in the Ionian Sea. The country has declared three days of mourning for the victims.

A rescue operation with patrol boats, a helicopter and six other ships is underway in the waters west of the Peloponnese peninsula, one of the deepest areas in the Mediterranean.

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