26/12/2021
Two shipwrecks in two days in the Aegean Sea, with 11 so far found dead and possibly 36 still missing.
90 people, 52 men, 11 women and 27 children, managed to get ashore by their own means, while as many as 6 people might still be missing, according to information Aegean Boat Report received from the survivors on Pori, saying that the boat was carrying 107 people.
The 90 survivors and 11 dead have been transferred to the port of Piraeus.
On Tuesday night south of the Cycladic island of Folegandros, a sailboat carrying as many as 50 people capsized, 13 people was rescued, four person found drowned and as many as 30 people believed to still be missing, in one of the most deadliest shipwreck in the Aegean for years.
Also a third sailboat with refugees ran aground yesterday, Thursday afternoon, in the area of Gerolimenas, in Mani. The boat ran aground a short distance from the mainland. Authorities reportedly were notified by an eyewitness - a resident of the area that a boat with migrants has been immobilized near the mainland. The Coast Guard transported 92 refugees to land, all men, 54 of them minors.
While these tragedies have been unfolding, the Greek government continues to push back refugees in the Aegean Sea, putting hundreds of vulnerable people in life threatening situations.
Last night a boat carrying 31 people that arrived on Chios, was arrested by port police, before first light today they found themselves drifting in two life rafts in the Aegean Sea. According to the Turkish Coast Guard over 150 people have been picked up in the Aegean Sea this morning, in 8 different cases, showing that the Hellenic coast guard shows no mercy, even on Christmas Eve.
Video is from the extraction of 90 people from Pori island by the Hellenic coast guard this morning. It’s interesting to see that they use the same life rafts, same make and model, to rescue people off the island of Pori, as they use to push vulnerable men, women and children back with in the Aegean Sea.
