Greek migrants boat disaster || Greek boat incident 2023 || Relatives waiting for beloved onesr
- 10 months ago
Kassem Abozeed had arrived in Kalamata to try to find his wife and brother-in-law, as relatives poured into the Greek port city on Thursday, searching for their loved ones missing after a migrant boat sank off the coast, killing dozens of people.
The 34-year-old refugee fled from the Syrian civil war to Hamburg, Germany, in 2016. He told reporters that his 21-year-old partner, Ezma, and her 19-year-old sibling, Abdullah, were two of the passengers caught up in one of the largest-scale migrant vessel disasters in southern Europe this year.
“I tried to get my wife to come to Germany but it was very difficult to do so in a legal way. So we tried through Libya,” Abozeed said.
“The last time we spoke was eight days ago and she told me she was ready to get on the boat. She paid $5,000.”
He reflected on his relationship with his wife. “It was a love story.”
Family members gathering at the port in southern Greece, as hopes for survivors fade and the scale of the tragedy starts to sink in.
The 34-year-old refugee fled from the Syrian civil war to Hamburg, Germany, in 2016. He told reporters that his 21-year-old partner, Ezma, and her 19-year-old sibling, Abdullah, were two of the passengers caught up in one of the largest-scale migrant vessel disasters in southern Europe this year.
“I tried to get my wife to come to Germany but it was very difficult to do so in a legal way. So we tried through Libya,” Abozeed said.
“The last time we spoke was eight days ago and she told me she was ready to get on the boat. She paid $5,000.”
He reflected on his relationship with his wife. “It was a love story.”
Family members gathering at the port in southern Greece, as hopes for survivors fade and the scale of the tragedy starts to sink in.