popular over the past couple of years, but clearly there is any human impacts to it. the coastguard is maintaining that when they offered help to the migrants, that help was rejected but lots of people are saying if you can see a boat is so overcrowded and in such deep waters, there is a moral obligation to intervene. relatives of the hundreds lost at sea rushed to this port city fearing the worst. we found aftab from wolverhampton searching for news about his cousins from pakistan. my relatives were on board the boat that capsized. how do you know that? we ve had confirmation. we ve found one of the relatives he s in there, but the rest of them we haven t got hold of yet. how many relatives? four of them. the victims of greece s worst ever migrant ship wreck had set off from libya. many syrians were on board, kazim abu zeeb told me, including his wife. translation: how would i feel? i have lost my wife now. i don t know where she is. it s my wife. 21 year old izra had been
not many players get the opportunity to play at such a brilliant club, such an historic club. i m really grateful. i don t think about money at all when i make these kind of decisions. i never have and i never will, i play the game purely out of love. that majority stems from father mark and debbie s mum who have been instrumental in serving his son from roots to one of the biggest stages his departure from boyhood club birmingham city three years ago to borussia dortmund made him the most expensive 17 year old in history. having now established himself as a regular starter for his country. it s no surprise it was excitement among the fans who turned out to welcome him. welcome to madrid! i like the idea of this being out of my comfort zone, if you like. maybe would ve been a easier option to go back to england, my native country and live there and play there in the premier league but i couldn t turn down real madrid, really. it again shows the majority bellingham possesses .
should the greek authorities have done more to save those on board? the coastguard says the migrants didn t want their help a claim that s been challenged. so we ve been trying to piece together exactly what happened in this disaster that seemed to unfold in slow motion. at around 8am on tuesday, the greek authorities are first informed about the fishing vessel. the coastguard 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
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 to the migrant boat, supplying it with food and water. tuesday evening, a coastguard vessel sails near the fishing boat. and from a distance, apparently concludes that there was no problem with its navigation. but a less than four hours later, the migrant boat overturns and sinks. the way the greek authorities have been handling this has been criticised by many people here. last night there were protests, critics say the coastguard should have tried a rescue if the boat was unsafe. whether or not passengers requested it. nine people were
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.