*First Published on InfoMigrants The war forced Ibrahim to flee Syria and seek refuge in Libya. But the militia there kidnapped him and demanded a ransom. Getting on the rusty fishing trawler and crossing the Mediterranean looked like a chance rather than a risk. Then the shipwreck happened. “My living conditions in Syria were bad in every…
More than a year after one of Europe’s deadliest migrant shipwrecks, survivors face potential deportation. *First Published on Inkstick More than a year on, questions remain about what led to one of Europe’s deadliest migrant shipwrecks, killing hundreds in the waters off Greece’s southwestern coast. In the early hours of June 14, 2023, a dramatically overcrowded fishing trawler, carrying…
On the 24th of May the Pylos 9 stood trail in the court of Kalamata. These 9 were put on this trail in order to to hold them responsible for the shipwreck that occurred in Pylos last year, where over 600 people lost their lives. It was yet another show trail on behalf of the Greek authorities,…
*First Published on Reuters By Renee Maltezou ATHENS, June 27 (Reuters) – Greek coastguard officers will testify as suspects as part of a disciplinary investigation into their role in a deadly migrant shipwreck off Greece, three sources told Reuters on Thursday. Hundreds are feared to have died when a vessel, monitored by the Greek coastguard for several hours,…
*First Published on Politico As many as 650 people may have died in the June 2023 disaster. BY NEKTARIA STAMOULI ATHENS — The Greek official investigating a deadly shipwreck in the Mediterranean has summoned the head of the Greek coast guard to testify on claims it may have pulled the vessel over. Eighty-two bodies were recovered following the…
*First Published on InfoMigrants Among the passengers aboard the trawler that sank off Greece on June 14 were two cousins from a village in Egypt. Only one survived. More information is coming out about the victims of the devastating shipwreck that took place June 14 off the coast of Greece. Ramy Ramadan Shasha, 20, was one of the Egyptian…
*First Published on BBC By Lucile Smith and Ben Steele, BBC TV Current Affairs The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine who were deliberately thrown into the water. The nine are among more than 40 people alleged to have died as a result of…
On 14 June 2023, the Mediterranean Sea witnessed its deadliest shipwreck in recent history. More than 600 men, women, and children lost their lives in this catastrophic incident. It occurred in international waters within the Greek Search and Rescue (SAR) zone, designating Greece as the state responsible for initiating any rescue operations in this area. In the…
*First Published on InfoMigrants Alessandro Puglia June 14 marks the first anniversary of the tragic shipwreck near the Greek town of Pylos. More than 500 people are suspected to have died, although just 82 bodies have been recovered. One year ago, a fishing vessel carrying over 750 migrants capsized off the coast of Greece. Only 104 survived.…
*First Published on EUObserver BY ODAY AL TALAB, LONDON, 14 June 2024 Oday is a Syrian who lives in the UK. His brothers Mohammed and Riyadh fled Syria to Europe. They ended up on the Adriana, an overcrowded trawler that left Libya with an estimated 750 people from Syria, Pakistan and Egypt onboard, before sinking off the coast of…
