# Fishing boat capsizes off southern Greece with as many as 750 people onboard

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**Created:** [June 16, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishing-boat-capsizes-off-southern-greece-with-as-many-as-750-people-onboard/985607 "2023-06-16T02:55:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishing-boat-capsizes-off-southern-greece-with-as-many-as-750-people-onboard/985607/1 "2023-06-16T02:55:08Z")

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BBC is calling this one of the worst migrant disasters in history.

> **[Greece boat disaster: Capsized boat had 100 children in hold, BBC told](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65914476)**
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> Survivors from a fishing boat that sank off Greece say as many as 750 people may have been on board.

I can’t imagine how crowded they must have been in _that_ boat. 750 people!

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishing-boat-capsizes-off-southern-greece-with-as-many-as-750-people-onboard/985607/2 "2023-06-16T03:21:12Z")

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I don’t know if any crew survived, but _ **that** _ can be fixed if they did.