Pakistanis on board the fishing boat that capsized and sank off Peloponnese in southern Greece may have been singled out and forced below deck, with hundreds of passengers feared dead, international media reported. According to a report published by Guardian, survivor accounts told to Greek coastguards suggest that passengers on the vessel were divided by nationality, with Pakistanis as well as women and children forced below deck into the hold.

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