A migrant ship carrying between 400 and 750 people capsized off the south coast of Greece, with 78 bodies recovered and hundreds more feared dead. The boat had been in distress since Tuesday, but a search and rescue operation was not initiated until it capsized on Wednesday. Nine people have been arrested and charged with people smuggling and participating in a criminal enterprise. The UN has called for “urgent and decisive action to prevent further deaths at sea” and for state-led search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean.

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