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 with his brother.
Mohammad was seen crying and holding his elder brother Fadi's arms through a metal barricade at the port of Kalamata in Greece, where survivors had been sleeping for the past two days.
Fadi, who travelled from the Netherlands to search for his brother, said"Thank God for your safety", as he repeatedly kissed his younger sibling on the head. At least 78 people drowned and 104 were rescued after the fishing vessel capsized about 50 miles from the southern coastal town of Pylos on Wednesday morning.
In the immediate aftermath of the disaster the survivors were brought to shore by Greek authorities, and the bodies of those who died recovered.The ageing vessel was thought to have departed from Egypt, then picked up passengers in the Libyan coastal city of Tobruk on 10 June.Dozens more relatives gathered at the port hoping for news, clasping screenshots of their loved ones on their mobiles phones.
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