The International Organization for Migration says it fears that some 320 people remain missing and are presumed drowned following a shipwreck off Crete last week.
The IOM says accounts from survivors who were taken to Augusta, Italy after Friday's shipwreck indicated that about 650 people were on board. The organization said rescue crews had also recovered nearly a dozen corpses.
There have been conflicting reports about the numbers. The Greek coast guard Monday that survivor accounts indicated that about 350 people were on board.
At a U.N. briefing Tuesday in Geneva, IOM spokesman Joel Millman said: "Greek authorities apparently told our office in Athens that they had not a chance to talk to survivors," none of whom were taken to Greece.
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