Greece to detain Moroccan over fatal migrant boat collision

ATHENS: Greek authorities have ordered the detention of a Moroccan suspected of piloting a boat involved in a collision with a Greek coast guard vessel in which 15 asylum seekers died. Questions are growing over the deadly crash late on Tuesday involving a coast guard patrol vessel and the high-speed migrant boat off the island of Chios, near the Turkish coast. Fifteen of the asylum seekers were killed and 24 survivors from the boat, including the Moroccan, were admitted with injuries to hospital in Chios.

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