Conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis slams critics of rescue efforts as search continues for victims and survivors of a trawler that sank off Greece with as many as 750 refugees on board
On Saturday, parts of the Greek rescue vessel captain's testimony were published by Greek media.
"It is very unfair for some so-called 'people in solidarity' to insinuate that the [Coast Guard] did not do its job. ... These people are out there battling the waves to rescue human lives and protect our borders," Mitsotakis said. "Those who today appear as the so-called authentic humanitarians are those who allowed detention camps such as Moria to exist. The same who, a few days ago, were condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for the wretched conditions at Moria."
Just before it did, it was estimated that 20,000 people lived in a camp designed to accommodate 3,000.
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