Migrant survivors of yacht accident granted temporary stay, while Samos reaches dead body overcapacity

15:06 9/5/2014 - Πηγή: E-Typos

Regional director for Northern Aegean Nassos Yiakalis and deputy director of Samos island Themistocles Papatheofanous on Thursday called on civil protection authorities to resolve the overcapacity reached with dead bodies at the hospital and port of the northeastern Aegean

island, where a yacht that capsised on May 5 resulted in the deaths of 22 migrants of Somali and Eretrian origin.

Of the 22 bodies, 10 have been identified and will be buried, while the remaining 12 must be transferred to Athens because the morgue on Samos can only keep 9, and those for a few days only. The dead include 4 children, 12 women and 6 men.

The two officials said they would meet with the island's chief prosecutor on Friday.

Meanwhile, Greek Police decided to suspend the expulsion of the 34 migrants who survived the accident, following an initiative by Public Order and Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Dendias. Survivors were granted a six-month suspension of expulsion, with renewal options, for humanitarian reasons.