Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations –23rd of July 2022Case name: 2022_07_23 - Eastern Med - 940
Situation: Pushback of 27 people by Hellenic Coast Guard between Rhodes and Turkey
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Eastern Med
Summary of the Case: On the 23rd of July 2022 Alarm Phone was alerted about 27 people with a broken boat, in the sea between Turkey and Rhodes. The travellers told Alarm Phone that there are high waves and some of them are in the water. Alarm Phone alerted the Turkish Coast Guard (TCG), who sent a boat to find them, and later confirmed that all 27 people were brought back to Turkey safely. The travellers later told Alarm Phone that the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) beat them, stole their phones, money and passports and pushed them back to Turkish waters.
«We were arrested by the Greek coast guard, and we were beaten and our contents were taken from mobile phones, money and passports, and we demand that we not be attacked and that we be treated in the best condition»
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