Nine men are going on trial in Greece for the shipwreck of a fishing boat carrying hundreds of migrants. Their lawyers claim the men were just passengers, not crew members.
The legal defense team for nine Egyptian men due to go on trial in southern Greece next week accused of causing one of the Mediterranean's deadliest shipwrecks said Thursday they will argue that Greece has no jurisdiction in the case, and insisted their clients were innocent survivors who have been unjustly prosecuted.
On Thursday, Greece's coast guard said that 42 people had been rescued and another three were believed to be missing after a boat carrying migrants sent out a distress call while sailing south of the Greek island of Crete. Officials said they were alerted by the Italian coast guard overnight about a boat in distress 27 nautical miles south of Crete. Greece's coast guard said that 40 people were rescued by nearby ships, and another two were rescued by a Greek navy helicopter.
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