Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Hundreds of refugees arrive in Greek coastal town in crippled freighter
Almost 600 refugees have been temporarily housed in a basketball arena in the town of Ierapetra, Greece, after arriving in a crippled smuggling ship after more than a week at sea.
Red Cross volunteers delivered warm meals and clothing to the 80 children, 150 women and 361 men who were on the 250-foot Baris freighter, which was towed to Ierapetra Thursday, two days after losing engine power off Crete.
About two-thirds of the migrants are Syrians and qualify for refugee status, while the others include Kurds, Afghans and Palestinians, officials said.
"These are lower to middle class people who were seeking a better life, due to the war in their country," said Argyris Pantazis, Ierapetra's deputy mayor for civil protection.
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