the government has declared three days of mourning. the boat is reported to have been heading to italy from the libyan port of tobruk, when it began taking on water late on tuesday. more than 100 people have been rescued and taken to the greek port of kalamata. the greek coastguard says the search operation has been hampered by strong winds. the vessel may have been carrying up to four hundred people. earlier, yiorgos michaelidis, a spokesperson for greece s migration ministry, told the bbc that a 104 people had been rescued, but he could not verify reports that several hundred people were still missing. it isa it is a very bad incident, a tragedy actually, one of the worst ones in greece, apparently where migration is concerned. we have 79 dead people found and 104 people found alive and they are right now being taken care of and the greek authorities are searching for more and more people in the sea. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake is in athens
more than a hundred people have been rescued and taken to the greek port of kalamata.the greek coastguard says the search operation has been hampered by strong winds. it s thought the vessel may have been carrying up to 400 people. earlier yiorgos michaelidis, a spokesperson for greece s migration ministry, told the bbc that 104 people had been rescued but he could not verify reports that several hundred people were still missing. it is a very bad incident, a tragedy actually, one of the biggest tragedies ever happen in greece, as far as migration is concerned. we have 79 dead people found and 104 people found alive and they are right now being taken care of and the greek authorities are right now searching for more and more people in the sea. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake is in athens and has this update.
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