Aegean Boat Report

The body of a small child is found alone on a beach in Djerba, off the coast of Tunis.

Several dead bodies have washed ashore these past few weeks. Now one ear and the tip of a finger will be removed in hope of one day identifying the little one before the body is placed in a marked grave.

In one week it is five years since Alan Kurdi was found on a beach. He was not alone, both his mother and his brother were found dead near him.

The whole world cried for Alan Kurdi and we promised «never again»!

The only thing we have done is build a higher fence around Europes border making it impossible to seek asylum.

A drowned child, alone on the beach, wrapped in ocean plastic, is the ultimate symbol of our collective neglect!

Foto: Hamdi bin Mqar

Source: BudbringerenFraHelvete/TheMessengerFromHell

In this interview by Christiane Amanpour on CNN earlyer today, the Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis are downright and blatantly lying about the a Greek violations of international and European law by illegally pushing back vulnerable people in the Aegean Sea. Christiane was referring to the article in The New York Times on August 14th.

I had hoped that he had been crucified on international tv, confronted with the overwhelming amount of evidence, but he wasn’t, he was let off the hook way to easy by CNN, Christiane forgot to take her gloves off..

Last night, august 13th., at 22.30, Turkish coast guard picked up 83 people from 3 life rafts that was drifting inside Turkish waters south east of Datça, Turkey. The two smaller life rafts has a max capacity of 12 people, the bigger one was, as you can see in the pictures, packed with people.

Greek coast guard once again puts peoples lives at risk, leaving them drifting helpless in the sea at night. This time it was the Greek coast guard based on the island of Symi, who had left them at sea. It’s time that we tell them what we think about it, it’s time for them to explain!

Many of Aegean Boat Report’s followers have in the past asked “what can we do?”, “how can we stop this?”, and the usual reply was, you can spread the news, share the info. It’s obviously not enough, now the gloves are off, it’s time to take action in a more direct way!

Aegean Boat Report call’s upon all followers to participate, to make your voice heard, together this voice can make a difference! Pick up your phone and call the port authority of Symi, and demand answers! They will deny any involvement in illegal activities, but we know they are lying!

Port police Symi: +30 22460 71205

We need them to understand that we don’t tolerate this any longer, and that there are many people all over the world that are watching what they are doing. One call will not change anything, but if 100 people call, 1000 people, perhaps they will start to understand that we do not tolerate this any longer!

To call any public authority number is a common right, without any conditions or clauses, it’s fully legal activity that can be taken by anyone without any legal consequences. ABR has consulted Greek lawyers on the matter, and it’s totally legal. But ABR ask you to stay clear of all Emergancy channel’s, don’t flood European Emergancy numbers, only use numbers provided her!

Aegean Boat Report will from now on, in every case regarding pushbacks and other illegal activities, publish the Port Police number of the area the incident has taken place, so that people can call to demand answers. The more people that calls these numbers, asking questions, the better. At some point they will understand that we will not stop before they do!

These violations of international laws and human rights has been going on for to long, blessed and financed by Europe. The presence of NATO and FRONTEX is massive in the Aegean Sea, they all know what is going on every single day, but they do nothing, they just watch.

It’s time we make them listen, it’s time to step up and demand answers, it’s time for YOU to take action!!

Call port police of Symi, tell them how you feel, make your voice heard!

Port police Symi: +30 22460 71205

57 people that arrived on two boats on Lesvos north yesterday seems to have disappeared, port police on Lesvos claims there was no arrivals.

First boat arrived on a Korakas, Lesvos north during the night, locals in the area claims to have heard gunshots coming from Korakas. The boat was carrying 24 people, 7 was picked up by police on arrival location, the rest, 17 people managed to flee to the woods in the dark. Later in the day, the rest was found by port police, transported from the area in a minivan. Question is, where did port police take them? They are not registered as arrived anywhere, neither the quarantine camp in the north or south has any new arrivals registered.

Second boat landed in Gavathas, Lesvos north west before first light, carrying 33 people. Locals in the area reported on the new arrivals, also these people were taken away by port police, nobody has seen them since, they are not registered anywhere on Lesvos.

Port police on Lesvos claims that there has been no new arrivals at all yesterday in the north, and that anyone saying otherwise is pushing “fake news”. There are no reports in any local newspaper on arrivals from Lesvos north yesterday, only one boat carrying 55 people that landed in Skala Mistegnon last night.

Aegean Boat Report has received documentation that proves that these people actually arrived, there is no question about it! Videos, pictures and location data proves that they where there, question is where did port police take them, and why are they not registered anywhere?

Yesterday before sundown Turkish coast guard picked up 57 people from two life rafts drifting outside Bademli, Turkey. From pictures posted by TCG, Aegean Boat Report has identified 4 people that also are in pictures and videos that ABR received from Korakas yesterday morning, the identification is 100%.

There is no doubt that the people from the two boats that landed on Lesvos north yesterday was illegal deported by the Greek Coast Guard. They where taken from safety on land on Lesvos, and put back in the sea in life rafts, helplessly drifting, what kind of people would put children adrift at sea, how can they sleep at night.. This is not human behavior, not even animals would be this cruel!

Many of Aegean Boat Report’s followers have in the past asked “what can we do?”, “how can we stop this?”, and the usual reply was, you can spread the news, share the info. It’s obviously not enough, now the gloves are off, it’s time to take action in a more direct way!

Aegean Boat Report call’s upon all followers to participate, to make your voice heard, together this voice can make a difference! Pick up your phone and call the port authority of Mytilíni, Lesvos, and demand answers! They will deny any involvement in illegal activities, but we know they are lying!

Port police Mytilini: +30 2251 040827(Number is open 24/7)

We need them to understand that we don’t tolerate this any longer, and that there are many people all over the world that are watching what they are doing. One call will not change anything, but if 100 people call, 1000 people, perhaps they will start to understand that we do not tolerate this any longer!

To call any public authority number is a common right, without any conditions or clauses, it’s fully legal activity that can be taken by anyone without any legal consequences. ABR has consulted Greek lawyers on the matter, and it’s totally legal. But ABR ask you to stay clear of all Emergancy channel’s, don’t flood European Emergancy numbers, only use numbers provided her!

Aegean Boat Report will from now on, in every case regarding pushbacks and other illegal activities, publish the Port Police number of the area the incident has taken place, so that people can call to demand answers. The more people that calls these numbers, asking questions, the better. At some point they will understand that we will not stop before they do!

These violations of international laws and human rights has been going on for to long, blessed and financed by Europe. The presence of NATO and FRONTEX is massive in the Aegean Sea, they all know what is going on every single day, but they do nothing, they just watch.

It’s time we make them listen, it’s time to step up and demand answers, it’s time for YOU to take action!!

Call port police of Mytilíni, tell them how you feel, make your voice heard!

Port police Mytilini: +30 2251 040827

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On Monday morning, July 27th, a boat carrying 25 people was trying to cross from Cèsme, Turkey to Chios Greece.

The boat was stopped by the Greek coast guard vessel(make and model: Motomarine Pathner 57 MkII class patrol boat) LS-611, who is stationed on Chios, inside Greek territorial waters. After petrol was removed from the boat, Greek coast guard towed it to the Turkish border and left it adrift.

After a few hours they where eventually picked up by the Turkish coast guard outside Cape Karaabdullah, Cèsme.

From videos received when stopped by Greek coast guard, we can clearly identify several people from the boat, that later can be found in the pictures released by Turkish coast guard, there is no doubt, it’s the same boat!

These violations of international laws and human rights is happening every single day in the Aegean sea, it’s well documented, but Europe seems to be looking the other way. That an EU member state are allowed to violate these laws repeatedly, without any reaction from the EU, seems to be no coincidence. How many innocent people must die before we wake up..

Greek minister for migration and asylum, Notis Mitarachi, categorically denies that Greece are pushing back boats in the Aegean Sea.

The evidence that tells a different story is overwhelming, the Greek minister is obviously lying on international TV. To think that he don’t know what is going on would be naive, most likely he’s the one giving the orders of these violations of international law and human rights.

Take a look and decide for yourself!

https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/videos-and-eyewitness-accounts-greece-apparently-abandoning-refugees-at-sea-a-84c06c61-7f11-4e83-ae70-3905017b49d5?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook#ref=rss

https://www.facebook.com/285298881993223/posts/856039224919183/?vh=e&d=n

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/06/23/masked-men-on-a-hellenic-coast-guard-boat-involved-in-pushback-incident/

https://m.dw.com/en/greece-refugees-attacked-and-pushed-back-in-the-aegean/a-53977151

https://m.dw.com/en/focus-on-europe-spotlight-on-people/av-54024150

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Uqo2K4kuKGo

https://www.justsecurity.org/70309/tents-at-sea-how-greek-officials-use-rescue-equipment-for-illegal-deportations/

Alleged Pushback believed to have killed 4 people outside Lesvos!

A boat carrying 39 people was reported in distress west of Çiplak Ada, Ayvalik, Turkey. Turkish coast guard picked up 35 people 02.45 in the sea, 4 people are missing believed to be drowned. Rescue operations ongoing to try to find the 4 that is believed to be missing. Nationality, age and gender of the missing is not revealed.

The boat was allegedly stoped by Greek coast guard around midnight last night outside Lesvos north east. Passengers of the boat claims that Greek coast guard took their engine and fuel, towed the boat in to Turkish waters and punctured the boat, before leaving them helpless in the sea.

It has been proven without a doubt that this practice is widely used by HCG, to prevent people from reaching the Greek Aegean islands. If this was the case last night, their actions killed at least 4 people.

When will Europe take action to stop this inhuman illegal practice, when will enough be enough, how many needs to die?

A boat carrying approximately 30 people, many of them children, in distress outside Lesvos north east. Greek coast guard once again are performing illegal pushbacks, on Europe’s outer border.

Greek coast guard allegedly destroyed the engin on the boat to stop it from reaching Lesvos, afterwards, as you can see in the video, they towed it towards the Turkish border, leaving them adrift, totally helpless.

There is no question that this practice is illegal, and that it’s happening every single day on Europe’s border. How can Europe watch this happened, and do nothing? It seems like Greece has been given a green light from the EU, to continue violating international laws and international human rights, because nothing is being done to stop this madness, are you ok with this?

June 13th.

Boat with 32 refugees from Afghanistan incl. 11 women one of which 8-months pregnant & 11 children in distress North of Lesvos. They cannot move forward & some are injured. They are waiting for rescue since our first call at 6:34 CET. Greek Coast Guard vessel 080 and others are already at the scene. The people in distress ask for rescue, medical help and international protection.

Denial of rescue is unlawful & puts lives in danger! The Turkish coastguard is present but tells us that they cannot intervene as the boat is in Greek water. We demand immediate rescue to Greece! These scenes of non-assistance and violence at Europe’s Aegean border have to stop!

We call on civil society to raise their voices and pressurise the Greek authorities to rescue. Europe, stop watching people suffer. Human rights are systematically being breached but Europe stays silent.

Update:32 people still denied rescue despite distress situation and reported dangers to their health. Small children and a pregnant woman are in critical health condition, according to the people in the boat. Greek and Turkish Coast Guards leave them alone in the sea.

Another pushback video was published by Turkish coast guard, showing three vessels from the Greek Coast Guard while they were forcefully putting people in a rubber boat without a engine, and leaving them drifting at sea.

This pushback happened on Friday evening, allegedly outside Lesvos north, location can not be verified from data in the video, but a boat carrying 36 people was picked up by TCG south of Babakale, Turkey. The facts in this video can not be denied, and we can clearly see how people are taken from the bigger vessel, over to the smaller one, and then forced into the rubber boat, some even thrown in to the boat.

To see coast guard, that should be at sea to protect life, deliberately putting people lives in danger, is shocking. How people onboard these vessels can do this, knowing that they are breaking not only international laws, maritime laws but also Greek laws, is a disgrace for anyone working at sea. There is no excuse that they are only following orders from the Greek government, when they know these orders are illegal.

At some point people in charge of this madnes must be held accountable for there actions, this needs to stop!

All lives matter, regardless of their nationality, religion or color of their skin, we are all equal!