The number of illegal migrants who died when their vessel capsized in the Ionian Sea at the weekend increased to three on Monday with 18 still missing, port police said.
The small boat was carrying 32 migrants, most of them Pakistanis, when it capsized en route to the Greek island of Kefalonia on Saturday due to strong winds, according to survivors. Two bodies were discovered on Saturday and a third on Monday and the Greek coastguard was continuing its search and rescue operation, police said.