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Migrant ship sinking off Greece: Dozens are dead and hundreds are missing

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NPR's A Martinez talks to Associated Press journalist Derek Gatopoulos about the smuggling² boat that capsized off the coast of Greece.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

At least 79 people are dead after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized early Wednesday off the coast of Greece.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Just over a hundred survivors³ were initially⁴ found. And while search operations continue, there's little hope that more survivors will be rescued. And thousands are protesting in Greece over the handling of this capsized boat and over European immigration policies.

MART?NEZ: We're joined now from Athens by Associated Press journalist Derek Gatopoulos. He just returned from the Greek port city of Kalamata, where many of the survivors were taken.

Derek, do they know or does anyone know what caused the boat to sink?

DEREK GATOPOULOS: They don't know. It's the subject of an investigation⁶. What they believe happened is - because the vessel⁷ was being tracked before it sank, is that the large number of people in the vessel on the deck and below deck possibly moved to one side and caused the vessel to capsize. They think maybe as many as 700 people were on board, which would imply that 500 or so could be dead.

MART?NEZ: Wow. What are the people that survived - what are they saying?

GATOPOULOS: Well, what we only have at the moment is secondary information from people, from aid workers and politicians and others who have been speaking to the migrants 'cause they have not been allowed to speak directly to reporters or people there. But what they've been saying is that - first of all, they're confirming that women and children were below deck, mostly, including other men. And most of the men were above deck. Well, many of the men were above deck. And they're among the survivors and the bodies recovered. So the assumption is and the belief is that these people have gone to the bottom with the ship.

MART?NEZ: Wow. And Leila mentioned earlier thousands of people protesting in Greece over how this was handled. What is their main concern?

GATOPOULOS: Well, there are several reasons why people are protesting. Sometimes the - Greece has a general election coming up on June 25, so that's part of the the reason for the protests. But the other reason is that people fear - and not just people, but also aid organizations and sometimes political parties - fear that the crackdown on migration⁵ is causing smugglers to take more dangerous - to take more risks, essentially⁸, so that they take long journeys on unseaworthy boats, as is in this case. It was travelling from Libya to Italy, which is a long journey, three days. And two-thirds of the way through its journey, as it passed through Greece, it capsized, mainly because it was an unseaworthy boat.

MART?NEZ: And in this kind of tragedy, I mean, you mentioned it - going to politics. How have the changing politics of migration in Europe affected⁹ the types of journeys these people try to make?

GATOPOULOS: Well, it does have a direct effect because the European Union hasn't been able to finalize¹⁰ a deal on how to share the burden, if you like, of migrants coming in, because they all come across the Mediterranean¹¹ to southern European countries, and then they try to get to Central European countries. So the crackdown - the inability to figure out how to deal with this has just led to additional policing and building walls and patrols. So that has made the journeys to - across the Mediterranean more dangerous.

MART?NEZ: And quickly, that additional policing, that cracking down, is that reducing the numbers of migrants?

GATOPOULOS: It is, but it's making the journeys more dangerous. Those are the two main things.

MART?NEZ: That's the Associated Press' Derek Gatopoulos in Athens.

Derek, thank you.

GATOPOULOS: Thank you.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

3 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

4 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

5 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

7 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

8 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

9 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

10 finalize   

v.落实，定下来

参考例句：

• Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
• 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时，工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。

11 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。