Η Υ.Α. ΕΚΦΡΑΖΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΑΝΗΣΥΧΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΣΥΝΕΧΙΖΟΜΕΝΗ ΑΠΩΛΕΙΑ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΝΩΝ ΖΩΩΝ ΣΤΗ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ, ΜΕ ΑΦΟΡΜΗ ΤΟ ΝΑΥΑΓΙΟ ΣΤΟ ΦΑΡΜΑΚΟΝΗΣΙ

Αθήνα, 21 Ιανουαρίου 2014 -Αλιευτικό σκάφος στο οποίο επέβαιναν 28 άτομα (25 Αφγανοί και 3 Σύροι), μεταξύ των οποίων πολλά γυναικόπαιδα, ανατράπηκε και βυθίστηκε τις πρώτες πρωινές ώρες της Δευτέρας 20 Ιανουαρίου 2014, στη θαλάσσια περιοχή του Φαρμακονησίου. Δεκαέξι από τους επιβαίνοντες περισυνελέγησαν από το Λιμενικό  Σώμα. Μια γυναίκα και ένα παιδί 5 ετών εντοπίστηκαν νεκροί κοντά στις τουρκικές ακτές, ενώ δέκα ακόμη άτομα (2 γυναίκες και 8 βρέφη και μικρά παιδιά) αγνοούνται.

[EN] UNHCR-STATEMENT ON BOAT INCIDENT OFF GREECE COATS

UNHCR is dismayed to have learned of a boat cap-sizing off the coast of Greece in the early hours of this morning, which has left a woman and a child dead and 10 other people missing, among them infants and children.
According to accounts from some of the 16 survivors and Greek Coast Guard, the vessel was carrying 26 Afghans and two Syrians. It was intercepted in the southern Aegean Sea shortly after midnight following a mechanical breakdown and while apparently en route from Turkey to Greece. The boat, with all 28 passengers still aboard, was being towed by a Coast Guard vessel when it capsized. The survivors, now on the island of Leros, told UNHCR they were being towed in the direction of Turkey at the time of the accident.

[EN] TWO DEAD, 10 MISSING DURING ALLEGED PUSH-BACK OPERATION OFF GREEK ISLAND

A top European human rights official has criticised Greece following a deadly boat accident.
A fishing boat crammed with migrants capsized near Farmakonisi, a tiny Greek island in the Aegean Sea near Turkey.
The boat was being towed by a coast guard vessel. The bodies of a woman and an 11-year-old boy were found. A further 10 people were missing, among them infants and children.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) issued a statement saying it is “dismayed” to have learned of the tragedy.
The survivors, now on the island of Leros, told UNHCR they were being towed in the direction of Turkey at the time of the accident.

[DE] TOD IM SCHLEPPTAU DER GRIECHISCHEN KUSTENWACHE

12 Flüchtlinge sterben während mutmaßlicher Push-Back-Operation
PRO ASYL fordert internationale Untersuchung

Vor der griechischen Insel Farmakonisi starben in der Nacht zum 21. Januar 12 Flüchtlinge, als die griechische Küstenwache versuchte, ihr Boot zurück zur türkischen Küste zu schleppen. Dies berichteten die Überlebenden gegenüber dem UNHCR.