Nine suspects due to face court as search operation enters third day and protests break out over EU and Greek migration policies
Greek authorities have arrested nine suspected people-smugglers who are believed to have piloted the overcrowded fishing boat that sank off the coast on Wednesday, in one of the worst disasters in the Mediterranean in recent years.
The search operation in the tragedy in which hundreds are feared to have died, is due to continue until at least Friday morning, according to government sources. So far, 78 deaths have been confirmed but Greek police believe as many as 500 are missing, with witness accounts that up to 100 children were travelling in the ship’s hold.
