Coastguard defends role in sinking of ship carrying hundreds of migrants

A Syrian survivor greets his brother in Greece (John Liakos/InTime News via AP)

Greece’s coastguard defended its actions in the deadly sinking of a ship carrying hundreds of migrants off the country’s south coast, indicating that a 72-hour rescue operation would be extended.

Patrol boats and a helicopter continued to scour the area where the fishing vessel packed with hundreds of people capsized and sank early on Wednesday.