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This week, the four-part documentary “Gates of Europe” aired on the Dutch public broadcaster NPO and will soon be available on ARTE. It presents itself as an objective investigation into the work of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency: Frontex. It is not. Having participated in the making of this documentary, Front-LEX, Refugees in Libya,Continue reading ““Gates of Europe” : Frontex’s fabricated reality”

More information has emerged in the case involving the 36 people who arrived on the Greek island of Giali on 2 August before later being found drifting in two inflatable life rafts by the Turkish Coast Guard. Video in the end of the report. Since publishing our initial report, Aegean Boat Report has spoken toContinue reading “EU-Funded Patrol Vessel Identified by Survivor in Giali Pushback Case”

While much of the world’s attention is focused elsewhere, Greek authorities continue their inhumane and illegal treatment of people seeking protection from war and persecution in the Aegean Sea. Over the past six years, Greek authorities have pushed back more than 100,000 people. Some were intercepted at sea inside Greek territorial waters, others had alreadyContinue reading “36 People Vanished From a Greek Island, And We Know Exactly What Happened!”

Three days ago, Scenery announced the upcoming release of Gates of Europe. I appear in this documentary. Before it premieres on 5 August, I want to make one thing absolutely clear. I completely dissociate myself from this documentary. Scenery describes Gates of Europe as a documentary that “brings together different perspectives” and explores “the realitiesContinue reading “Public Statement Regarding the Documentary Gates of Europe”

Aegean Boat Report is honoured that its founder, Tommy Olsen, has been awarded the Annette Thommessen Honorary Award 2026 by NOAS. The award is given in recognition of many years of work documenting pushbacks, human rights violations and the treatment of people on the move at Europe’s borders. For more than a decade, Aegean BoatContinue reading “Annette Thommessen Honorary Award 2026”

Yesterday, the competent Norwegian Court of Appeal unanimously rejected the European Arrest Warrant issued by the Greek authorities against the founder of Aegean Boat Report, Tommy Olsen. The court concluded that the acts described by the Greek authorities do not constitute criminal offences under Norwegian law. It also found a real risk of violating ArticleContinue reading “Norway rejected the extradition request to Greece for the founder of Aegean Boat Report”

(Norwegian Version Below) The scheduled hearing in the Hålogaland Court of Appeal on April 21, 2026, in the case concerning the extradition of Aegean Boat Report founder Tommy Olsen has once again been postponed. The postponement follows a request by the prosecution to obtain guarantees from the Greek authorities that Olsen will not be subjectedContinue reading “New postponement in extradition case against Tommy Olsen – serious concerns about rule of law and human rights”

On the night of 3 February 2026, under calm seas and a waning moon just past full, an inflatable boat carrying nearly 40 people approached the Greek island of Chios. Within minutes, 15 people were dead. What happened in those final seconds before impact is now at the center of sharply conflicting accounts — andContinue reading “Chios, 3 February 2026: A Collision, Fifteen Deaths, and a Growing Web of Contradictions”

Aegean Boat Report is saddened, angered, and — unfortunately — not surprised to report the latest escalation by the Greek government in its attempts to silence our work documenting human rights violations in the Aegean Sea. Earlier today, Wednesday 11 February 2026, Aegean Boat Report founder Tommy Olsen was contacted by Norwegian police and informedContinue reading “PRESS STATEMENT — AEGEAN BOAT REPORT 11/02/2026”

The Only Eyes on the Aegean Are About to Go Dark Aegean Boat Report launches urgent fundraising campaign to keep its life-saving human rights work alive Tromsø, Norway — 17.11.2025 — After eight years of documenting human-rights violations and saving lives at sea, Aegean Boat Report (ABR), Europe’s only independent watchdog monitoring refugee movements acrossContinue reading “PRESS RELEASE”