2014 Aegean Sea yacht and dinghy capsizing

Capsizing of migrant boats in the Aegean Sea 2014 Aegean Sea/Samos Capsizing Mykali.jpg Coastland in Samos, Greece. 2014 05 05 Aegean Sea, off the coast of the Greek island of Samos, near Turkeyhttps://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/greece-dead-30-missing-migrant-boats-sink-2358597 https://web.archive.org/web/20140516024342/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/greece-dead-30-missing-migrant-boats-sink-23585972 Greece: Smuggling Boats Capsize; 22 Migrants Drown ABC News 16 May 2014 37.61146 26.88483 type:event_globe:earth_region:GR ti At least 22 Up to 7https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/22-migrants-die-others-missing-after-boat-capsizes-in-greek-waters/ 22 Migrants Die, Others Missing, After Boat Capsizes In Greek Waters CTV News 5 May 2014 6 March 2016 Associated Press On 5 May 2014, a yacht and a dinghy, both overcrowded and carrying migrants destined for Greece, capsized about four nautical miles off the coast of the Greek island of Samos, in the Aegean Sea. The vessels had been trying to enter Greece illegally at the time they overturned.https://www.nbcnews.com/news/europe/least-22-drown-overcrowded-boats-capsize-greece-n96996 At Least 22 Drown as Overcrowded Boats Capsize off Greece NBC News 5 May 2014 6 March 2016 Associated Press The cause of the capsizing remains unclear, since weather conditions at the time and place where it occurred were said to have been relatively good.http://www.ekathimerini.com/159691/article/ekathimerini/news/search-for-missing-continues-after-at-least-22-die-off-samos Search for Missing Continues After at Least 22 Die off Samos ekathimerini.com 5 May 2014 6 March 2016 Details and casualties The two boats were carrying an estimated 68 people.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-migrants-idUSBREA440FD20140505 Twenty-Two Migrants Drown After Boats Capsize Off Greek Island Reuters 5 May 2014 6 March 2016 Maltezou, Renee Officials stated that 36 of the rescued were from Somalia, Eritrea, and Syria, and that the 22 lost—including a family trapped in a flooded cabin—were probably from the same countries. At the time, Nicholas Paphitis of the Associated Press said that Samos is "a favorite destination for migrant-smuggling gangs because it's close to the Turkish coast." Paphitis also reported that "up to seven" people were missing, but quoted Hellenic Coast Guard spokesman Nikos Lagadianos as saying, "We can't give a precise number of missing people with any certainty." Reactions The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reacted to the news by saying that they were "deeply saddened" by the deaths, and appealed to European governments to seek "legal migration alternatives" for people fleeing war zones. A pair of Samos residents who watched the boats capsize wrote an article for Greek Reporter in which they stated, "That such highly vulnerable people seeking refuge and safety are compelled to travel in small boats at high cost is entirely due to the inhumanity of the EU policies and practices with respect to migration in general and refugees in particular."http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/05/10/watching-them-die-in-the-aegean-sea-when-will-it-end/ Watching Them Die In the Aegean Sea: When Will It End? Greek Reporter 9 May 2014 6 March 2016 Guest References Category:Shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea Category:Shipwrecks of Greece Category:Transport disasters involving refugees of the Arab Winter Category:2014 in Greece Category:Maritime incidents in 2014 Category:Migrant boat disasters in the Mediterranean Sea Category:May 2014 in Greece