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Greek coast guard faces difficult questions over its handling of a migrant tragedy

Greek coast guard faces difficult questions over its handling of a migrant tragedy

Some survivors claim their migrant-filled trawler capsized after the coast guard tried to tow it

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The Reception and Identification Camp at Malakasa, about 40km north of Athens, where survivors were taken

Survivors of a June 14 shipwreck off Greece’s west coast gave Al Jazeera conflicting reports of how their migrant-laden vessel sank.

Witnesses from among 104 survivors said 750 were on board. Eighty two bodies were recovered from the scene, 47 miles o…

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