22 people die after six days adrift in boat attempting to reach Europe from Libya

Survivors tell coastguard smugglers ordered victims to be thrown overboard after running out of food and water

22 people hoping to reach Europe from north Africa have died off the coast of Greece after six days at sea in a rubber boat, survivors told the Greek coastguard.

The coastguard said on Friday that 26 people, including a woman and a minor, were rescued by a European border agency vessel off the island of Crete.