07/08: 1 man in bad condition in Greece

08.08.2021 / 05:19 / Aegean Sea

Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 07th of August 2021

Case name: 20210807-AEG802

Situation: 1 man left behind on the way in very bad medical condition, we call the Greek authorities but are unable to find out what happened to him

Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded

Place of Incident: Aegean Sea

Summary of the Case:

On the 7th of August at 08:00 we got the information that a man in very bad medical condition was left alone in the woods in Greece in the early evening of the 6th of August. He couldn't move on his own and didn't have a phone on him. We informed the Greek police in Sapes and they told us that they will send a car.In the night we were informed about other men in bad health condition and/or dead bodies in the area. We are not able to clarify details. In morning of the 8th of August nobody picked up the phone in the borderguard station in Sapes. Relatives think that the man could be in the nearest hospital, but as the hospitals don't give out information about their patients, we are unable to confirm this. He could as well be one of the dead bodies. Until now we don't know if the man is alive or dead or where he might be.

Last update: 05:24 Sep 19, 2021

Credibility:

Border police patrols
While the exact location of patrols is of course constantly changing, this line indicates the approximate boundary routinely patrolled by border guards’ naval assets. In the open sea, it usually correspond to the outer extent of the contiguous zone, the area in which “State may exercise the control necessary to prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws” (UNCLOS, art. 33). Data source: interviews with border police officials.
Coastal radars
Approximate radar beam range covered by coastal radars operating in the frame of national marine traffic monitoring systems. The actual beam depends from several different parameters (including the type of object to be detected). Data source: Finmeccanica.
Exclusive Economic Zone
Maritime area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which the coastal state exercises sovereign rights for the purposes of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, the seabed and its subsoil and the superjacent waters. Its breadth is 200 nautical miles from the straight baselines from which the territorial sea is measured (UNCLOS, Arts. 55, 56 and 57). Data source: Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Atlas of the European Seas and Oceans
Frontex operations
Frontex has, in the past few years, carried out several sea operations at the maritime borders of the EU. The blue shapes indicate the approximate extend of these operations. Data source: Migreurop Altas.
Mobile phone coverage
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network coverage. Data source: Collins Mobile Coverage.
Oil and gas platforms
Oil and gas platforms in the Mediterranean. Data source:
Search and Rescue Zone
An area of defined dimensions within which a given state is has the responsibility to co-ordinate Search and Rescue operations, i.e. the search for, and provision of aid to, persons, ships or other craft which are, or are feared to be, in distress or imminent danger. Data source: IMO availability of search and rescue (SAR) services - SAR.8/Circ.3, 17 June 2011.
Territorial Waters
A belt of sea (usually extending up to 12 nautical miles) upon which the sovereignty of a coastal State extends (UNCLOS, Art. 2). Data source: Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Atlas of the European Seas and Oceans