Pakistanis ‘were forced below deck’ on refugee boat in Greece disaster

Witnesses say some groups were forced into the most hazardous part of the vessel that sank, leaving hundreds feared dead

Pakistani nationals appear to have been singled out on the trawler that sank off Greece last Wednesday with hundreds of passengers feared dead.

Macabre details have emerged of conditions on the boat, as questions mount over whether the Greek coastguard covered up" its role in the tragedy. With about 500 people still feared missing, new accounts from survivors indicate that women and children were forced to travel in the hold, and that certain nationalities were condemned to the most dangerous part of the trawler.