U.N. human rights chief urges clamp-down on people smugglers after shipwreck

Migrants, survivors of a deadly shipwreck after a boat capsized at open sea off Greece, board a bus as they are being transferred to Athens from the port of Kalamata, Greece, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Friday for countries to clamp down on people smugglers and human traffickers after at least 78 migrants were killed in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece.

Witness accounts suggested between 400 and 750 people had packed a fishing boat that capsized and sank early on Wednesday morning about 50 miles (80 km) from the southern coastal town of Pylos.