The fatal fishing boat started from Egypt and not from Libya as was the initial information, as SKAI reveals in the main news bulletin.

According to migrant accounts, the fishing boat started from Egypt and then stopped at the Libyan port of Tobruk before continuing its route to Italy.

The 30-meter fishing boat was carrying immigrants both from Egypt, which was the starting point of the fatal journey, as well as from Libya and Pakistan. In addition, according to the officials of the port, the operation of transporting immigrants was an operation that was prepared for some time in advance, about 40 to 50 days.

Women, pregnant women and children were trapped in the holds

In addition, as several of the rescued migrants revealed to the rescue crews, there were several women and children in the cabins of the boat. This is a tactic used by traffickers in order to protect women and children from the weather.

Alongside, NGO reports bullying on board even for dead before the wreck. With the fishing vessel experiencing mechanical failure already on its way from Libya, some migrants reacted by demanding to be turned back to land. However, the traffickers allegedly not only did not obey, but in order to impose order on the boat they used violent methods.

Shocking description of the wreck

“So far they have been withdrawn 78 bodies from wreck of Pyloswhich were transferred to Athens, to become the their forensic examination, photography, fingerprinting and taking biological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.