One of theShipwreck victims off the coast of Greece she called an Italian activist, Nawal Soufi, in despair, minutes before the ship sank. Authorities continue to search for survivors of the ship where there were between 500 and 700 migrants, 100 of them children, although hope of finding more shipwrecked alive is fading. They have only managed to rescue 104 and at least 78 deaths have been confirmed.

“Nawal, do you hear me?”the victim asks the activist with a voice of despair. “This ship is about to capsize”, tells him. At that moment, a helicopter from the Greek Coast Guard appeared, but did not perform the rescue. “If they have thrown you a rope, it means that they are trying to help you, they may be starting the rescue,” Nawal explains in the call. “We have been thrown a rope at the front and back. Every 5 minutes they throw water bottles and 700 people try to jump to catch them”, the victim warned.

NGOs point out that this shipwreck could be one of the worst tragedies on the Central Mediterranean route. In addition, most of those who traveled crowded in the hold they were children, up to a hundred Up to now, 104 survivors have been transferred to a camp of refugees near Athens.

Among those rescued is Mohammed and, finally, he has been reunited with his brother in the camp. Both cannot contain the emotion because Fahdi feared that his little brother I would have died on the boat. Seeing him, she just wants to hug him. Despite all the bruises she has, joy overcomes pain. “Now he is 18 years old, he was in Libya for almost two years,” says Fahdi, visibly moved.

It is the fruit of the tireless search of many families of migrants who arrive in Greece to look for your loved ones, Around 500 people are still missing. For their part, the authorities maintain the work of rescuing people in the middle of the sea.