Alarm Phone Press Release, 5th of August 2015
Distress at sea and endangered lives due to coastguard actions?
Evidence shows attacks on migrant boats in the Aegean Sea where engines were removed and boats punctured by coastguards
In the past two weeks, the Alarm Phone was alerted by refugees to four different distress situations in the Aegean Sea. They had encountered masked special units of coastguards who attacked them in the middle of the sea, between Turkey and the Greek islands. Their boats had not been in distress before, they might have been able to reach a place of safety on their own! After the attacks, they were left alone on drifting and/or sinking boats for hours until the Turkish coastguard came to their rescue.