Über die Hälfte der syrischen Bevölkerung befindet sich auf der Flucht. An den See- und Landgrenzen von Griechenland spitzt sich die Situation zu. Syrische Flüchtlinge berichten, dass sie von deutschen Polizisten bei der illegalen Rückschiebung von der griechischen auf die türkische Seite misshandelt wurden. Frontex?! Zugleich passiert etwas Unerhörtes in Kreta: „Gestern abend hat es ein historisches Ereignis in der Geschichte der Menschenrechte gegeben. Eines solcher Ereignisse, an die man sich auch später erinnern wird, wie das Handeln von Rosa Parks, die amerikanische Schwarze, die sich weigerte, den Apartheidsvorgaben in den öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln in Alabama Folge zu leisten […] Eine Gruppe von 700 [syrischen] Flüchtlingen, die gerade noch ihr Leben auf einem alten treibenden Frachter aufs Spiel gesetzt sahen – eine Gruppe mit ganzen Familien mit Kindern, auch mit Babys – hat, als sie einen sicheren Hafen in Griechenland (in Kreta) erreicht haben, sich geweigert an Land zu gehen.
Die 700 Bootsflüchlinge, die mit einem Frachter auf der Fahrt nach Italien waren, aber nach Kreta abgeschleppt wurden, wollen dort nicht an Land. Sie protestieren gegen die Dublin-Regelung und verlangen Transport nach Italien.
In porto a Creta i profughi a bordo della nave Baris. Ma non vogliono sbarcare. Chiedono la sospensione del Regolamento Dublino. E di non restare intrappolati in Grecia.
LI HANNO TRAINATI IN PORTO. MA I PROFUGHI NON VOGLIONO SCENDERE A TERRA. LA PRIMA ACCOGLIENZA CONSISTE NEL TEST ANTIEBOLA … LORO VOGLIONO PROSEGUIRE IL LORO VIAGGIO VERSO ALTRI PAESI EUROPEI. LA GRECIA NON E‘ UN PAESE SICURO PER RICHIEDENTI ASILO.
Syrian refugees in Syndagma Square/ Athens: 3rd day hunger strike; 8th day sit-in
300 persons in a sit-in, more than 150 on hunger strike, 45 children, at least 9 collapsed, 8 days sit-in, 3 days hunger strike
In a bid for better living conditions, temporary working permits and medical care, more than 200 Syrians – among them many families with small children – fleeing the war-torn country and seeking asylum in the EU, have begun a hunger strike in Athens’ main square. Protesters began to gather on Syntagma Square on November 19, camping out and sleeping on cardboard boxes and in sleeping bags before staging the hunger strike on Monday. Dozens of Syrians are living homeless in the streets of Athens and Thessaloniki without any support. The demonstrators, many of who sat with masking tape covering their mouths, called for the Greek government find a way to solve the refugee crisis.
700 vor allem syrische und afghanische Flüchtlinge haben versucht, auf einem von ihnen bezahlten Frachter von Nordafrika nach Italien zu gelangen. 30 Seemeilen vor Kreta fiel der Motor aus. Ein griechisches Militärschiff schleppt sie jetzt ab, in die Hafen Ierapetra auf Kreta.
The Garden Island
Freighter with 700 migrants being towed to Crete
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek navy frigate was towing a crippled freighter with hundreds of migrants on board through gale-force winds and high waves to safety on the southern island of Crete on Wednesday, a day after it suffered engine failure in international waters.
The 77-meter (250-foot) Baris cargo ship carrying some 700 people trying to enter Europe was being towed at a speed of about three knots (3.4 miles, 5.5 kilometers per hour) toward the port town of Ierapetra in southern Crete. It is expected to arrive late Wednesday.
They are looking for 4 missing people and have saved 16 say the greek media
One of the missing is a 2 year old little girl. In the artikel one of the survivors said that the facilitator who had forced them by gun to embark the small boat, forbid them later to put on a rescue light and call on the fone for help when the boat was full of water …
We are trying to get more information by getting in contact with the survivors.
The boat was a small fiber glass boat (usually these boats are for 4-5 people max) that was not in good conditon Some of the survivors claimed that they didnt want to get in the boat but they were forced to do so by the smaglers. Very soon while they were still in Turkish sea waters the engine of the boat stopped and water started to come in. They tried to take the water out (probably they tried to call for help) but in one point the boat captisized and people fell in the sea.
Syrian refugees stage hunger strike outside Greek parliament
Protests for rights of asylum seekers enter sixth day.
Syrian refugees sit with their mouths sealed with a tape, as they participate in a hunger strike in Athens on November 24, 2014.(AFP/LOUISA GOULIAMAKI)
Frustrated with their living conditions, Syrian refugees in Greece are staging a protest in front of the country’s parliament. The refugees have camped out in Athens‘ Syntagma Square since November 19 and recently began a hunger strike .
Binnen 96 Stunden mehr als 1000 Flüchtlinge aufgegriffen
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Mehr als 700 Flüchtlinge vor der italienischen Küste, knapp 300 vor der Küste Nordzyperns: Die vergangenen Stunden zeigen, wie bedeutend die Seenotrettung im Mittelmeer ist. Gerade dort will die europäische Politik aber sparen.
Rom/ Nikosia – Die Küstenwache hat vor Nordzypern rund 300 Menschen geborgen, auf dem in Seenot geratenen Schiff drängten sich viele Frauen und Kinder. Die mutmaßlich aus Syrien stammenden Migranten seien am Sonntag in eine Sporthalle der Küstenstadt Girne gebracht und medizinisch untersucht worden, meldete die Nachrichtenagentur Anadolu.
Hundreds of migrants stranded off Cyprus coast rescued
One of the survivors told AA each migrant paid about $6,500 to human smugglers to escape the war in Syria in the hopes to reach Europe
GIRNE, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Turkish-Cypriot coast guards rescued Sunday hundreds of migrants who got stranded on a vessel that broke down near the Northern Cyprus‘ coast, an official statement said.
The 50-meter-long vessel, Haj Zaher, carried an estimated 300 migrants, including around 40 women, one of whom was said to be pregnant and 35 children.
The vessel was adorned with a Tanzanian flag and broke down 4.5 miles away from the port city of Girne in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Nearly 800 migrants rescued in Mediterranean
Nearly 800 people have been rescued from boats in distress in the Mediterranean Sea in the last 48 hours, Italian and Libyan officials said.
The Italian coastguard said on Saturday that it rescued at least 520 people from five boats in Libyan waters late on Thursday, in response to distress signals from the boats headed towards Sicily.
An additional 171 people were also rescued during the overnight mission in the waters north of Tripoli.
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Barca a vela con 93 immigrati a largo di Crotone: i dettagli e le foto
Alle ore 01.50 del giorno 15 novembre, durante l’autonomo pattugliamento dello Ionio a circa 40 miglia nautiche, in acque internazionali al largo di Crotone, in coordinamento con le attività dell’Operazione Frontex TRITON 2014, un Pattugliatore d’altura del Gruppo Aeronavale della Guardia di Finanza di Taranto e due vedette del Reparto Operativo Aeronavale della Guardia di Finanza di Vibo Valentia, hanno individuato una imbarcazione a vela, di circa 10 metri, con migranti, in regolare navigazione verso le coste calabresi.
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