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BBC: The Greek coast guard has caused the death of dozens of migrants at sea

2024-06-17 07:51:41Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The Greek coast guard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine who deliberately jumped into the water. The nine are among more than 40 people believed to have died as a result of being forcibly removed from Greek territorial waters or left back at sea after reaching the Greek islands, according to an analysis by the BBC.

The BBC has released footage of 12 people on a Greek coast guard boat, who were then abandoned on a dinghy. The Greek government has long been accused of forced returns, pushing people towards Turkey, from where they crossed, which is illegal under international law.

This is not the first time that the BBC has reported on such incidents that have occurred as a result of the actions of the Greek coast guard. British media reported 15 incidents from May 2020 to 2023, resulting in 43 deaths. In five of the incidents, the migrants said they were thrown directly into the sea by Greek authorities.

In four of these cases they explained how they had landed on the Greek islands but were abandoned. In several other incidents, migrants said they were put into inflatable dinghies without engines, which then deflated, or appeared to have been punctured.

A Cameroonian man has told the BBC how he was chased by Greek authorities after landing on the island of Samos in September 2021.

"We had barely anchored and the police came from behind. There were two policemen dressed in black, and three others in civilian clothes. They were masked, you could only see their eyes," he said.

He and two others, another from Cameroon and a man from Ivory Coast, were transferred to a Greek coast guard boat, where events took a terrifying turn.

"They started with [the other] Cameroonian. They threw him into the water. The man from Ivory Coast said: 'Save me, I don't want to die... and then only his hand was above the water and his body was below. Slowly his hand slipped down and the water engulfed him," he says.


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