One more body found after yacht sinking
One more body has been recovered after a shipwreck earlier this month of an overloaded migrant smuggling boat in the western Aegean Sea, Greek authorities say, raising the confirmed death toll to 29.
Twelve men from Egypt, Afghanistan and Iran survived the November 1 sinking of the yacht, which survivors said had sailed from Izmir in Turkey with 68 people on board and ran into trouble in rough seas in a treacherous strait between two islands east of the Greek capital.
A further 27 people remain missing.
The coastguard said early yesterday that the latest body, that of a man, was found in the sea south of the island of Evia.
Two of the survivors, who authorities said piloted and crewed the boat, were arrested as suspected migrant smugglers.
The incident was the latest in a series of shipwrecks involving migrants in Greek seas in recent months that have left dozens dead or missing.