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Nine survivors from a migrant boat that sank were arrested Thursday on suspicion of smuggling as hope faded for hundreds of missing passengers and attention turned to Greece’s failure to act before the overcrowded ship capsized.

Greek authorities have been criticised for not acting to rescue hundreds as their boat sank off the coast of Pylos.

Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of being people smugglers after the migrant boat disaster off Greece that claimed at least 78 lives, a port source told AFP Thursday.

Up to 100 children are believed to have been in the hold of an overcrowded ship that sank off the coast of Greece.

Four men and a 14-year-old boy from the Sheikhi family set out for Europe

Egyptian nationals have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to the smuggling ring that arranged the deadly voyage.

More than a hundred migrants were rescued from an overcrowded fishing vessel that capsized southwest of the Greek port of Pylos on Wednesday. At least 78 people have been confirmed dead, making it Greece's deadliest migrant shipwreck since 2016. However, that figure is expected to rise, with estimates of the…

The boat was estimated to be carrying up to 750 people when it capsized and sank at around 2am on Wednesday morning, according to the UN migration agency

As family members arrive in Kalamata, search operation continues with negligible progress