Greece migrant boat catastrophe survivor has emotional reunion with brother

An 18-year-old Syrian teenager who survived after a fishing boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Greece has been pictured in an emotional reunion along with his brother.

Mohammad was seen crying and holding his elder brother Fadi’s arms by way of a steel barricade on the port of Kalamata in Greece, the place survivors had been sleeping for the previous two days.

Fadi, who travelled from the Netherlands to seek for his brother, stated: “Thank God for your safety”, as he repeatedly kissed his youthful sibling on the top.

Dozens extra kin gathered on the port hoping for information, clasping screenshots of their family members on their mobiles telephones.

At least 78 folks drowned and 104 have been rescued after the fishing vessel capsized about 50 miles from the southern coastal city of Pylos on Wednesday morning.

In the instant aftermath of the catastrophe the survivors have been delivered to shore by Greek authorities, and the our bodies of those that died recovered.

Witness accounts recommend between 400 and 750 folks had packed the 20 to 30 metre-long fishing boat.

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The ageing vessel was thought to have departed from Egypt, then picked up passengers within the Libyan coastal metropolis of Tobruk on 10 June.

The precise circumstances of the vessel sinking whereas it was being shadowed by the Greek coastguard are nonetheless unclear.

Authorities, who have been alerted by Italy on Tuesday and subsequently monitored the vessel over a interval of 15 hours earlier than it sank, say occupants on the vessel repeatedly refused Greek assist, saying they wished to go to Italy.

Survivors who spoke to Greek authorities stated they paid $4,500 every to go to Italy.