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Every week, people in distress contact Aegean Boat Report — families lost at sea, or newly arrived on land, terrified and desperate for help. When this happens, we do what we have done for years: we call the authorities — the Coast Guard, the police — to pass on information so that lives can beContinue reading “Today, We Have Written To The Mayors Of The Aegean Islands”

In the early hours of October 25, a boat carrying 34 people, including 11 small children, departed from Karaburun, Turkey. Their destination was the small Greek island of Pasas, northeast of Chios. Deep inside Greek territorial waters, their boat was spotted and intercepted by a vessel from the Greek Coast Guard. Masked men in aContinue reading “Brutally Beaten Under Greek Pushback”

In the morning of Tuesday, September 30, a boat in distress south of Lesvos—reportedly carrying 27 people, including 14 small children—contacted Aegean Boat Report for assistance. “Aegean Boat Report has been contacted by people onboard a drifting boat inside Greek waters, 7 nautical miles south of Lesvos. According to passengers, the boat is carrying 27Continue reading “What Happened South of Lesvos on Tuesday, September 30”

Distress Call at Sea On Friday, 12 September, at 22:40, Aegean Boat Report was alerted to a sailboat in distress approximately 14 nautical miles southwest of the Greek island of Tilos. According to passengers, the vessel was carrying around 80 people, including many children. The sailboat had lost engine power, was taking in water, andContinue reading “Sailboat In Distress In Greek Waters, 74 People Pushed Back In Life Rafts”

On Saturday, September 6, just after midnight, Aegean Boat Report was contacted by several people after they had arrived on the Greek island of Farmakonisi. Farmakonisi is a Greek military outpost in the Aegean Sea. Besides the military base, there are no inhabitants on the island. Since the island lies close to Turkey, people attemptingContinue reading “Abandoned at Sea: Palestinians Forced Back from Greece In Life Raft”

On Thursday, 28 August, at 20:30, Aegean Boat Report was informed about a sailboat in distress approximately 6.3 nautical miles southeast of the Greek island of Tilos. According to the people onboard, 77 individuals, including 21 small children, were crammed onto the heavily overloaded vessel. The sailboat was drifting and in urgent need of rescue.Continue reading “Lives at Risk: 77 People, Including 21 Children, Towed for Hours in Dangerous Pushback”

For years, Greek authorities have carried out a systematic campaign to intimidate, criminalise, and silence those who expose human rights violations, illegal pushbacks, and the ill-treatment of vulnerable people at Europe’s maritime borders. Aegean Boat Report, along with other frontline defenders, has been deliberately targeted: This is no coincidence. It is a calculated government strategyContinue reading “Silencing the Watchdogs: Greece Escalates Its Crackdown on NGOs and Human Rights Defenders”

Before midnight on May 25th, Aegean Boat Report was contacted by passengers onboard a drifting vessel only 1.5 km from the southeastern shore of the Greek island of Nisyros. People onboard informed us that the boat was drifting due to a malfunctioning engine, and that there were 100 passengers onboard, over 30 of them smallContinue reading “Greek Coast Guard Performed Dangerous Towing In New Pushback, 96 People Onboard”

In the morning of Thursday May 1, a boat in distress north of Samos, inside Greek territory waters, contacted Aegean Boat Report and asked for assistance. They explained that they were on the way to Samos, but were brutally stopped by a vessel from the Greek coast guard. Masked men on the coast guard vesselContinue reading “Small Children Abandoned At Sea By The Greek Coast Guard”

Just after midnight, on Saturday April 5, Aegean Boat Report was contacted by a group of 24 people, 10 of them small children, and a cat, who a few hours earlier had arrived on the Greek island of Kastellorizo. The group reported being wet and could and stated “please we need help urgently, it’s darkContinue reading “Small Children Left Drifting At Sea By The Greek Coast Guard”