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On June 26 we published a disturbing video from Kos showing 14 people trapped and gagged in the back of a van, this is what we published. The video went viral the moment it was published, viewed on Twitter by over 500.000 people the first day, it created a lot of attention, and by someContinue reading “Refugees Beaten, Handcuffed and Eyes Taped Shut on Kos”

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?”

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”

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”

On Saturday March 25, we published about a sailboat south of Crete in distress, Greek coast guard refused to comment on the incident, now we know why. Earlier the same day, Alarm Phone published about the same sailboat in distress, together with a video showing that the Greek coast guard was on location. According toContinue reading “59 People Pushed Back From Crete”

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”

The tragic shipwreck on Lesvos on the morning of Tuesday February 7 claimed three lives, two women and one man. A boat, reported to be carrying 41 people, ran into cliffs on their way in towards shore on Lesvos, 39 people was eventually rescued and 3 people died. According to survivors, the smugglers told themContinue reading “Pushed Back Under Extreme Weather Conditions”

Over the last three years 54.000 people have been pushed back in the Aegean Sea in over 2.000 cases by Greek authorities, despite the mounting evidence against them, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, continue to deny Greek involvement in these atrocities. Evidence is recorded by UN bodies, NGOs and investigative journalists. However, Mitsotakis refuted theContinue reading “36 Life Rafts In January”

For three years, the Greek government has, in place of a refugee policy, deliberately broken international law, carrying out acts of violence, torture, and sometimes murder against men, women and children who have done nothing wrong. It’s time for this outrage to end. Whether the trash is the despicable policy and activity of the GreekContinue reading “It’s time to take out the trash”

We at Aegean Boat Report are saddened, weary, and sadly not at all surprised to once again have been targeted by the Greek government with yet another mischievous, baseless and transparent attempt to prevent us from carrying out our – unfortunately necessary – work. Anyone who has followed us or our experiences in recent yearsContinue reading “Government’s efforts to intimidate humanitarians unfounded, and must not be allowed to succeed”