CAIRO - 4November 2022: 17 young men from Beheira governorate drowned on an illegal immigration boat heading to Greece, Friday. Up to 68 people from different nationals were onboard according to Egypt’s immigration Ministry. The Greek Coast Guard rescued only 11 people, including 7 Egyptians. Egypt’s immigration minister Soha El Gendy offered her condolences to the families of the victims. El Geny also, contacted Egypt's ambassador to Greece, Omar Amer, to know all the needed information about the sinking of an illegal immigration boat off the Greek coast, and to find out the number of Egyptians on the stricken boat, and whether there were survivors, along with the position of the bodies of the deceased.

Source: Egypt Today November 05, 2022 11:42 UTC