The RMSHub would like to express its deepest regret for the tragic shipwerck of the fishing vessel in the south-west coastal area of Pylos. 

You can see the interview of the Director of the Refugee and Migration Studies Hub, Maria Gavounelion about the migrant boat disaster on CBC Television here.

As the Greek National Commission for Human Rights (GΝCHR) has stated, athough several of the victims of the shipwreck have been rescued, hundreds of people are still missing. In the face of such a tragedy, with full respect for the memory of the victims, the GΝCHR stressed that respect for the value of the human being and human life is the foundation of the rule of law and urged the Greek State to ensure decent reception and living conditions for those rescued, immediate provision of medical care and adequate psychosocial support as well as unimpeded access to asylum procedures for those making such a request. The GΝCHR further underlined that the Greek State must ensure the search for missing persons and the identification of the bodies, as required by respect for human dignity and for the effective investigation of the circumstances of the shipwreck.