PM:06:55:27/03/2023
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SULAIMANI — The Summit Foundation for Refugees and Displaced
Affairs said on Monday (March 27) a boat carrying migrants near the southern
Greek island of Crete was in danger.
Hussein Hama Salih, the organization's representative in
Greece, said the boat is carrying 50 migrants, mostly Kurds, and includes
children, according to the passengers.
Hama Salih said the migrants contacted the Crete coast guard
themselves in hopes of rescue.
He said a rescue boat had pulled their vessel near the shore
of Crete but subsequently left them stranded in the water.
Those operating the rescue boat did not take any of the
migrants to the shore and the reason for them failing to do so is unknown, Hama
Salih stated.
(NRT Digital Media)