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with food and water. tuesday evening, a coast guard vessel sails near the fishing boat and, from a distance, apparently concludes there was no problem with its navigation. but less than four hours later, the migrant boat overturns and sinks. the greek authorities, as well as fending off criticism, but who was really to blame for such a huge loss of life is being fiercely debated. nick beake, bbc news, in southern greece. turning now to north korea and the second part of our exclusive bbc reporting from inside the secluded country. last night, we heard about the food crisis affecting north koreans, driving many to the brink of starvation. now, we look at the increasingly oppressive actions taken by authorities in the country that have people fearing for their lives.
the coast guard has first contact at 11am and claims it doesn t request assistance. a little later, an emergency helpline for migrants in trouble at sea receives multiple distress calls, including one at 3:20pm saying the captain has left the vessel. the migrant boat has no publicly available tracking data, but bbc verify has used a ship monitoring website to follow the movements of boats in the area that offered assistance. at 3pm, greece sends a nearby commercial vessel, the lucky sailor, to the migrant boat, supplying it with food and water. tuesday evening, a coast guard vessel sails near the fishing boat and from a distance apparently concludes there was no problem with its navigation. but less than four hours later, the migrant boat overturns and sinks. the greek authorities, as well as fending off criticism, have been making arrests. up to a dozen.