Greece shipwreckThe arrest comes merely days after another tragic shipwreck off Greece, in which several Pakistanis are feared dead. As a painstaking search for survivors continued, 104 people were found alive, with 12 Pakistanis among them, the Foreign Office (FO) confirmed today. Police on Thursday arrested nine Egyptians on suspicion of people smuggling — one of them the captain of the boat carrying the migrants. Twenty-four minutes later, the Greek patrol boat skipper radioed in that the boat had capsized. — ReutersAmid despair and pain, a Syrian teenager who survived the wreck was emotionally reunited with his elder brother on Friday.

Source: Libya Today June 17, 2023 16:11 UTC