Reports had claimed that a rope was attached to the overcrowded vessel when it was around 50 miles from the coast of Greece, and that this played a role in the sinking.
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As many as 750 people - including potentially up to 100 children - were on board the fishing boat when it sunk in the Mediterranean Sea near Greece on Wednesday