“So far they have been withdrawn 78 bodies from wreck of Pyloswhich were transferred to Athens, to become the their forensic examination, photography, fingerprinting and taking biological material»he reports to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency the representative of the Disaster Victim Identification Team, police officer Vassilis Makris. The specific Group includes police officers and medical examiners, while it was formed immediately after wreck of Pylosfollowing a request from the Coast Guard to ELAS.

“We are receiving depositions from 104 people who have survived from the wreck and we are trying to find out how many others were on boardwhile we investigate whether evidence exists to make a list of missing persons“, Mr. Makris then points out. “In case someone is a first degree relative, we also take a sample of biological material from survivors to compare with the sample that will be taken from the bodies.”

As for whether there is still any assessment for him exact number of people on boardthe spokesman for the Disaster Victim Identification Group, notes: “Estimates of the number of people cannot be exact, because even the accounts of the people who were there show inconsistencies. These people “packed up”, were on top of each other, and traveled for days. No one knows exactly how many days they traveled.”

As Mr. Makris points out, those on board the ship that departed from Libya, they didn’t want to come to Greece, but to reach Italy. The ship sent an SOS signal to the Italian authorities, who in turn informed the Greek authorities.

“We feel heartbreak and sympathy for these people who, under miserable conditions, they were traveling for a better future. Note that from the first moment everyone rushed here to help with all their might”the representative of the Disaster Victim Identification Group also emphasizes to APE-MPE.

The search for the missing persons is in full progress

The are in full development searches for locating and rescuing missing persons in the marine area of ​​the wreck off Pylos. The searches lasted all night, but were fruitless as the number of those rescued remains 104, while 78 bodies have been recovered.

Shortly before 7 a.m., the Coast Guard’s high-seas vessel began transferring about 30 bodies of the occupants to refrigerated trucks at the port. The Disaster Victim Identification Team which has been activated since yesterday will take DNA samples from the bodies so that they can be identifiedaccording to local government officials.

According to the Coast Guard, 6 parasailing ships, 2 Coast Guard vessels and 1 helicopter are currently operating in the area.

In the specially designed area that has been created in front of the port of Kalamata, the rescued migrants who have not been treated at the city hospital spent the night.

Since early in the morning vehicles and units of the police, fire department, coast guard are in the port and on hand to provide assistance to businesseswhile trucks with water and food arrive.

As the nurse of the regional department of the Hellenic Red Cross of Kalamata told the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, Aikaterini Tsata, the night went smoothly while some people who were hospitalized at the Kalamata Hospital have already returned. “During the night they were exhausted, they slept as soon as they were recorded, they ate, they drank their water. They slept, they woke up, they were physically and mentally exhausted. They want psychosocial support, they want people to feel safe, to feel protected. We tell them don’t worry, you’re safe, we’re by your side, all the agencies and we feel they’re getting it” Mrs. Tsata points out and adds that there are already prescriptions for medication and the Red Cross is ready to fill them so that people can get their medication.

It is noted that those who have been rescued are only men, aged 16-40, while the problems they faced were mainly hypothermia, fainting episodes, hypoglycemic episodes and also pneumonia.

They are looking for their relatives

Agonizing are the appeals of relativessome of which have reached the Port of Kalamata, looking for people on board the fishing vessel. Malek from Syria who, as he tells APE-MPE, has been living in Germany for 6 years, arrived at the port of Kalamata this morning in search of his 18-year-old brother Mohammed. They have been talking for 6 days and all he knew was that he had started from Syria to go to Italy.

Marios from Syria who lives in Cyprus is also looking for his nephew. As he told APE-MPE, his nephew was on board the fishing ship that started from Libya and wanted to reach Italy. He is not among the rescued who have arrived at the Port of Kalamata or in any hospital.

In the afternoon or tomorrow morning, the rescued will be transferred to Malakasa

The transport of the 104 rescued from the shipwreck off Pylos will take place this afternoon or tomorrow morning immediately once the procedures are completed by the port authorities in Kalamataaccording to information from the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum.

Transportation will be done at the responsibility of the ministry with hired buses. In Malakasa, preparations have already been made for their reception since yesterday as he had chosen this structure right from the start.

In Schistos the 78 dead from the shipwreck off Pylos

The bodies of the 78 migrants were brought to Athens today who lost their lives in the shipwreck off Pylos. The victims of the tragedy were transported with a refrigerated truck in a special place in Schistos Korydallou in order for autopsies to begin to determine the cause of death. The investigations will be carried out by the forensic services of Athens and Piraeus as the relevant infrastructure does not exist in Kalamata.