Greece blames smugglers over migrant deaths but early accounts have been questioned before
Government
The death of 15 Afghan and Moroccan migrants after a speedboat carrying them collided with a Greek coastguard vessel has been presented by Greek authorities as an open and shut case. A statement issued late on Tuesday blamed "smugglers" for "failing to comply with the [Hellenic] Coast Guard's visual and audible signals" to turn their boat around. It said the migrant boat was making dangerous manoeuvres before veering into a patrol vessel, off the Chios Strait. The message was that this caused
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