Greece’s navy announced on Sunday that it had discovered the body of a man who had perished when a migrant vessel sank near the island of Samos.
It said 25 persons it described as “foreigners” were spotted on a” semi- submerged boat… and rescued from the water east of the South Aegean area”.
According to the navy, they were well-versed and transported to the dock of Vathi.
With the assistance of the European Union borders company Frontex, searches for missing persons were already taking place.
This year, there has been a surge in illegal migrants in Greece.
More than 7, 000 people arrived in January and February, an increase of 184 percentage compared to 2023 according to official statistics.
The state of 10.4 million has received more than 460, 000 uses for prison since 2013, including over 12, 500 this year.
Some asylum applicants seeking the European Union are attempting to enter the islands in the northeast of the Aegean Sea due to their high levels of conflict or poverty.
When a migrant boat capsized off the beach of Pylos in June 2023, 82 individuals perished and hundreds of others went missing.
Several questions into the drama are still being conducted, and some NGOs have accused the Greek navy of putting off efforts to reach the migrants ‘ help.
