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23 Afghans Beaten, Tortured and Pushed Back Outside Lesvos

In the early morning of Monday November 13, at 07.30, a boat carrying 23 afghans, mostly families with children, was stopped 100 meters from land east of Korakas, Lesvos north by a vessel from the Greek coast guard. In the video, that was taken by one of the passengers, we can clearly see the cliffsContinue reading “23 Afghans Beaten, Tortured and Pushed Back Outside Lesvos”

Human Rights Violations Skyrocketing in Greece, But Do We Really Care?

For three months people arriving on the Greek Aegean islands have been allowed to stay, pushbacks from land stopped, life rafts almost disappeared from the Aegean Sea, the situation was seemingly getting better. This is at least what Greek authorities wanted everyone to believe, the facts tells a different story, and it’s about to goContinue reading “Human Rights Violations Skyrocketing in Greece, But Do We Really Care?”

Change at last in Greek border activity. But will it last?

Since 1 March 2020, the Greek government’s main response to refugees arriving on Greek islands has been to send masked men to hunt them down, arrest, rob, and in some cases rape or otherwise sexually abuse them, before forcing them back to the sea, leaving them to drift helplessly in life rafts. The systematic violationContinue reading “Change at last in Greek border activity. But will it last?”

Pushbacks Continues Unhindered in Greece Despite Warnings from Brussels

On May 19, only four days after the shocking video was published in The New York Times showing Greek authorities pushing back 12 people from Lesvos, 96 people was lefts drifting in 4 life rafts in the middle of the sea. No journalist or EU politician has mentioned them with a single word, no article,Continue reading “Pushbacks Continues Unhindered in Greece Despite Warnings from Brussels”

What started as a rescue operation outside Samos, ended up as a pushback

Just after midnight on Tuesday we reported about a boat in distress inside Greek waters east of Samos, Greek coast guard finally rescued the boat and towed it toward Samos, but her all trace of the people onboard and the boat ends, because they never arrived on Samos. The boat we reported on had atContinue reading “What started as a rescue operation outside Samos, ended up as a pushback”

Boat In Distress Called 112, After Arriving On Land Greek Authorities Pushed Them Back

On February 9, at 21.42(EET), Aegean Boat Report was contacted by a person claiming to be in distress at sea in a rubber boat with a malfunctioning engine, drifting outside the Greek island of Lesvos in bad weather conditions together with 44 other people. At first this person was, due to bad cell phone receptionContinue reading “Boat In Distress Called 112, After Arriving On Land Greek Authorities Pushed Them Back”