Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations –28th of July 2022Case name: 2022_07_28 -Eastern Med - 947
Situation: 15 people pushed back from Symi Island, Greece, to Turkey
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Eastern Med, Symi Island
Summary of the Case: On the 28th of July 2022, Alarm Phone was alerted about 15 travellers on the island of Symi. Alarm Phone could not reach the travellers directly at any point and did not alert authorities. Alarm Phone later spoke with one of the travellers who reported that the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) brought them to Greek territory, then stole their phones and threw them back in the sea. They reported that they were rescued by a “tourist ship” and taken back to Turkey by the Turkish Coast Guard (TCG), where they were detained for 6 days.
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