Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 22nd of April 2022

Case name: 2022_04_22-Eastern Med - 886
Situation: Alarmphone was alerted to three people on the island of Samos who belonged to a larger group of 27 people. The three people we were alerted to were brought to a camp and hospital, twelve others were also found on Samos. Of the 18 remaining, some or all were very likely pushed back.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Eastern Med

Summary of the Case:
In the evening of the 22nd of April, Alarmphone was alerted to three people on the island of Samos. These three people belonged to a larger group of 27 people who had landed in the early morning. One of the three had a broken leg. At 19:07 we forwarded the alert to the coastguard of Piraeus. At 20:18 we were informed that Medecins Sans Frontieres found the three people. Following this, two were brought to a camp, and the third to hospital. Later on, twelve more of the group were found on Samos, while a Palestinian family of 8, including sick children, were pushed back to Turkey. We belive these 8 people also belonged to the intial group of 27 travellers. The missing four from the group never showed up in a camp on Samos, so we assume they were pushed back as well.

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