Migrants Rescued After Boats Sink off Greece; 22 Dead

Bodies floated amid splintered wreckage in the wind-tossed waters off a Greek island Thursday as the death toll from the separate sinkings of two migrant boats rose to 22, with many still missing.

The vessels went down hundreds of miles apart, in one case prompting a dramatic overnight rescue effort as island residents and firefighters pulled shipwrecked migrants to safety up steep cliffs.

The shipwrecks further stoked tension between neighbors Greece and Turkey, who are locked in a heated dispute over maritime boundaries and migration.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis voiced “deep sorrow for the tragic loss of life,” and praised rescuers’ “heroic” efforts.

“This is a time to really cooperate much more substantially in order to avoid these types of incidents occurring in the future and to completely eradicate the smugglers who prey upon innocent people” trying to reach Europe in unseaworthy boats, Mitsotakis added.

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[mikethemagnificent]

Send them to America, we need them to pick the
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[atritressfreeman]

According to "hi~torial" accounts wasnt greece amongst the first to attack [ prey upon; steal. from the lives of] "innocent people", and incidently isn't the #22 counted as one of the cosmic first spirits master number... "Big Momma" ain't "leaving no stones unturned" im/we are still listening, still learning, still ...