Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 21st of August 2022Case name: 2022_08_21-Eastern Med - 972
Situation: 33 people pushed back from Greek waters to Turkey
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Eastern Med
Summary of the Case: 33 people, included 1 injured person, pushed back by Hellenic Coast Guard to Turkey
Around midday on 21st August 2022, Alarm Phone was alerted by relatives to a group of 33 people who had been pushed back to Turkey by the Hellenic Coast Guard. The relatvie informed Alarm Phone that the group had been in Greek waters when the Hellenic Coast Guard took the motor from their boat and "escorted" them to Turkish waters. The group were especially concerned as one person, who Alarm Phone were told was under 18, had been taken by the Turksih Coast Guard as he was unconcious and in need of urgent help. The rest of the group were left at sea. Alarm Phone alerted the Turkish Coast Guard (TCG) by phone, and informed them of the need to rescue the remaining people from the group. The TCG informed us that they were on the scene and taking people back to the port in Turkey. Alarm Phone later confirmed the group had been taken to land in Turkey.
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