Greece: 5 children among 22 dead in migrant boat sinking
Greece's coast guard says five children are among the 22 people confirmed dead in the sinking of a sailing boat carrying migrants ATHENS, Greece -- Five children are among the 22 people confirmed dead in the sinking of a sailboat that had been carrying migrants, Greece’s coast guard said Thursday, while a search-and-rescue operation continued for 34 other people still reported missing. Only 12 people, all men, have been found alive since the sailboat sank early Tuesday in notoriously treacherous waters between the islands of Evia and Andros, east of the Greek capital. The coast guard said two of the 12 survivors were arrested on suspicion of belonging to the smuggling gang that had organized the voyage from Turkey. It said one was suspected of skippering the vessel, and the other of assisting him. Both faced charges of belonging to a criminal organization and causing a shipwreck. Most survivors were found on an uninhabited islet, and told authorities they ...