Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 10th of August 2021Case name: 20210810-AEG805
Situation: 14 people were stuck on an island in the Evros/meric river, beaten by Greek police and pushed to Turkey
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case:
In the evening of the 10th of Agust we were informed about 14 people stuck on an island in the Evros/Meric river. When we talked to them they told us they were on the island near the village of Yenikadin close to Edirne for five days and didn't have food or water. We informed the Greek coastguard about the situation and kept contact to the people on the island.
When we managed to establish cotact to the people on the island again in the morning of the 11th of August, they told us the Greek police beat them and and pushed them off the island to Turkish mainland. The group had divided, some were heading to Istanbul and as 3 people were injured, others were going to the hospital.
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