In the early hours of Tuesday, 30 March, 37 people started out from Ayvalik, Turkey, in a rubber boat and headed towards Lesvos north east. The wind and current in the area pushed them due south west. After two hours the boat’s engine stopped and they called for help, still in Turkish waters, drifting slowlyContinue reading “” I Felt like An Animal On The Way To Slaughter””
Yearly Archives: 2021
Madam Commissioner, we are here to help
Dear Madam Commissioner, Ms Johansson, We watched your press conference this afternoon (29 March 2021) with interest and – we have to say – no little disappointment. It was heartening to hear both you and Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis promise that the ‘closed camps’ on the Aegean islands Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Leros and KosContinue reading “Madam Commissioner, we are here to help”
The Pushbacks Continue
A rubber boat carrying 57 people contacted Aegean Boat Report at 2.30 this morning (Sunday 28 March 2021) for assistance. They reported that there were 28 children in the boat. At 3.57am, they were stopped by a vessel from the Hellenic coast guard, an orange boat, they explained, with SAR 511 written on the side,Continue reading “The Pushbacks Continue”
One Year On: We Need Your Help, Commissioner
Dear Madam Commissioner, Ms Johansson, Welcome back to Greece. We hope you will enjoy your time here, but we are afraid we must let you know that since your last visit, just over a year ago, things have not been going well. While you were away From 1 March 2020 (which we know wasContinue reading “One Year On: We Need Your Help, Commissioner”
End illegal, immoral and potentially lethal pushbacks now!
‘At least three – and in fact almost certainly four – men died on Friday 19 March 2021. They drowned having been adrift as part of a group of seven people in the Aegean Sea in a life-raft identical to those used by the Greek government for illegal push-backs. All seven had been cuffed withContinue reading “End illegal, immoral and potentially lethal pushbacks now!”
‘In the light of more than a year of illegal pushbacks by official Greek rescue and border patrol agencies at the behest of the Greek government, behaviour which we can only describe as reprehensible and inhuman, Aegean Boat Report is sorry to announce that except in cases of extreme risk of suffering and potential lossContinue reading
Two Children Left Drifting Alone In A Rubber Dingy By The Hellenic Coast Guard!
In yet another shocking breach of international law, two children have been beaten, robbed and forced onto a rubber dinghy by Greek authorities, despite repeated government claims that it does not carry out ‘pushbacks’ of refugees from Greece to Turkey. Two children were forcibly removed from Vathy refugee camp on Samos, and set adrift, alone,Continue reading “Two Children Left Drifting Alone In A Rubber Dingy By The Hellenic Coast Guard!”
Small Children Left Drifting In Life Rafts In The Aegean Sea!
In yet another shocking breach of international law, men, women and children have been beaten, robbed and forced onto a life raft by Greek authorities, despite repeated government claims that it does not undertake ‘pushbacks’ of refugees into Turkey. Thirteen men, women and children were forcibly removed from a refugee camp in Lesvos on WednesdayContinue reading “Small Children Left Drifting In Life Rafts In The Aegean Sea!”