that are unaccounted for all day thursday by the helen coast guard, which says things actually started developing on friday morning that says the helena coast guard is when he became aware of the presence of the more at 729, the turkish flagged cargo ship. so there remains the remains, the remain questions to be answered about what actually happened on thursday. the greek authorities to confirm that they did attempt to return the boat to target to turkish harbor, or what i was told by atlantic coast guard official. and i quote, there were initiatives on the greek side to return the boat to turkey, which were refused, but were not told when those initiatives took place. john, can you give us a broader context as to what's been happening between grace and tech in relation to these hundreds of migrants making miss janie? well, the story on the greek side has consistently since march of last year been that the turkish state is now aiding and abetting smugglers on the coast of asia minor. and that these various attempts to launch refugee filled boats into green quarters are now a state sponsored operation. what happened in march of 2020, o

the official version from the helena coast guard is that among the nationalities on board. and this is just an early estimate. our pakistan is afghans, lebanese egyptians, iranians, syrians and bangladesh is. but that remains to be confirmed in the breakdown in numbers also remains to be confirmed. apparently these people were provided with food and water, of which they were short, while they were being towed to the island of course, where they are now being registered. so there are many questions about what actually transpired on this voyage. the greek authorities to confirm that they did attempt to return the boat to turn to turkish, hover, or what i was told by atlantic coast guard official. and i quote, there were initiatives on the greek side to return the boat to turkey, which were refused, but were not told when those initiatives took place. the story on the greek side has consistently since march of last year been that the turkish state is now aiding and abetting smugglers on the coast of asia minor. and that these various attempts to launch refugee filled boats int