Author Archives: Tommy Olsen

We are perturbed and annoyed to once again be the subject of mischievous and entirely untrue claims from the Greek Minister of Migration Notis Mitarachis. We feel we must state publicly that his comments about Aegean Boat Report, specifically the claim that we ‘work with’ and ‘help’ Turkish ‘people traffickers’ and the claim that weContinue reading “Statement”

Today the Greek minister of migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarachi, once again tried to manipulate the truth on Twitter, not very successfully but nevertheless he tried. It’s not the first time he has blatantly lied and published fake news on social media, but this time his efforts wasn’t very successful, at least if you areContinue reading “Stupid is what stupid does..”

Lebanese people making the dangerous journey from Lebanon across the Mediterranean in pursuit of safety and a better life should not come as a surprise to the governments and people of the West. The world has turned a blind eye to a country which is in a harrowing situation and amidst a dangerous crisis. TwoContinue reading “Lebanon, The Forgotten Crises”

This morning at 05.30 a group of 17 people contacted Aegean Boat Report from the small Greek island of Marmaras, west of Simi. They had arrived on the island before first light, in the dark they believed that they had arrived on Simi. After first light they understood that they had landed on a smallContinue reading “Pushback Nr. 1630”

Friday September 2, Aegean Boat Report published about a sailboat carrying 55 people, 9 women, 1 child and 45 men, that was drifting 27 km south east of Kythira. The boat was drifting due to lack of fuel, the driver of the boat abandoned them during the night, there were nobody onboard that was trainedContinue reading “Just Another Pushback”

When a boat arrived on the Greek island of Agathonisi yesterday, we feared the worst, people was scared, hiding from authorities in fear of being illegally sent back to Turkey. After arriving they split up in several smaller groups, some moved quickly away from the area, other stayed in the area hiding in fear ofContinue reading “Perhaps there is hope after all, thank you Agathonisi”

Another disaster in the Aegean, 11 people drowned, 7 of them children, after a pushback performed by Greek authorities. Yesterday at 00.10 the Turkish coast guard received an email from Greek authorities that a group of people was drifting inside Turkish waters, in need of rescue. Turkish coast guard found 3 life rafts carrying 66Continue reading “11 people drowned, 7 of them Children, after a pushback performed by Greek authorities”

On September 1, we published about a sailboat carrying approximately 90 people, all from Afghanistan, that was drifting 35km south east of Koroni. Greek authorities claimed they didn’t find them, now we know the truth, they were found and illegally pushed back to Turkey by the Greek coast guard. The smugler that had been drivingContinue reading “Pusbacks Continues in Greece, Unchallenged by EU Commission”

On average, 100 people have been found drifting, in life rafts and rubber boats, every single day in August, as a result of pushbacks performed by Greek authorities. At a time when politicians and journalists have had a fixed focus on the war in Ukraine, energy crisis and Frontex, Greek authorities have taken the opportunityContinue reading “Never before have so many people been pushed back in the Aegean Sea”

A sailboat carrying 55 people, 9 women, 1 child and 45 men, is in distress 27 km south east of Kythira. The boat is drifting due to lack of fuel, the driver of the boat abandoned them earlier today, there is nobody that are trained to sail a boat onboard. The Greek coast guard haveContinue reading “Boat In Distress Outside Kythira”