Επαναπροώθηση ΛΣ-ΕΛΑΚΤ Φαρμακονήσι 27/03/2020

• Date of incident: 27-3-2020
• Location: Collected: Farmakonisi / Pushed back: Aegean Sea
• Law enforcement involved: Greek Coast Guards
• Number of people pushed back: 10
• Nationalities: Palestinian, Egyptian
• How many had documents for sure: –
• Demographics (women, children, etc): 2 women and 5 children
• Method of expulsion: Left in Turkish water adrift.
• Documenting organisation: Just Security
• Description: Group had arrived on island, was captured by military, robbed of all belongings, then taken onto the sea in a tent float boat.
• Documents : https://www.justsecurity.org/70309/tents-at-sea-how-greek-officials-use-rescue-equipment-for-illegal-deportations/

Tents at Sea: How Greek Officials Use Rescue Equipment for Illegal Deportations

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A series of similar incidents were reported by the Turkish Coast Guard in the following days. On March 27, the Coast Guard reported rescuing 10 migrants (eight Palestinian, two Egyptian, consisting of 3 men, 2 women and 5 children) in a “life raft” off the coast of Muğla’s Datça district (the Turkish version is written as “Can Salı”). Again, photographs accompanying the Coast Guard’s official press release show people being rescued from a tent-like raft. According to the Turkish Coast Guard’s statements, the migrants had been “pushed back towards Turkish territorial waters by Greek Coast Guard.”

Migrants being rescued from a life raft on the Aegean Sea on March 27 / Source: Turkish Coast Guard Command Official Website

Further documents from the attached sources: https://en.sg.gov.tr/10-irregular-migrants-were-rescued-off-the-coast-of-mugla 

10 Irregular Migrants Were Rescued Off The Coast Of Muğla

27.03.2020

On 27 March 2020 at 00.50 a.m., it was reported that a group of irregular migrants on board a life boat was pushed back towards Turkish territorial waters by Greek Coast Guard assets and they needed assistance off the coast of Muğla’s Datça district. The mentioned life boat was detected by CG boat and 8 Palestinian and 2 Egyptian, totally 10 irregular migrants on board (3 men, 2 women and 5 children) were rescued.