Justice for Pylos State Crime
Families of those on board recall the heartbreaking farewells they shared as hopes of finding any more survivors vanish. By Moira Lavelle and Vedat Yeler *First Published on Al Jazeera Naeem Afridi last spoke to his brother, Hameedullah, on June 12 as he was travelling on a boat from Libya headed to Europe. “Hameedullah told me ‘Don’t worry. I’m just…
*First Published on Refugees Platform in Egypt Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) is in full solidarity with the families of the victims and the missing in the shipwreck off the Greek coast, and we call on the Egyptian government to intervene urgently and take immediate measures to support the families of the missing Egyptians and provide them…
*First Published on The Guardian Disparity between rescue responses has sparked debate in Pakistan about double standards Anees Majeed, who lost five relatives in the boat that sank off Greece on 14 June, watched in disbelief and growing anger as a frantic, multimillion-dollar rescue effort played out for five other men lost at sea last week. Like thousands of…
*First Puplished on MadaMasr An Egyptian fishing trawler, navigated by inexperienced migrants departing from the shores of eastern Libya for a new life in Italy, got lost in the sea within a day of setting sail. A hundred people were on the deck. But the majority of the over 700 migrants were locked downstairs in the “fridge.”…
*First Published on CNN By Sophia Saifi, Immad Uddin and Rhea Mogul, CNN Bandali, Pakistan-administered KashmirCNN — An air of melancholy engulfs the small village of Bandali in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where hopes are fading fast for nearly two dozen residents who went abroad in search of a better life and have since disappeared. Families fight back tears as they yearn to hear what…
Authorities in Pakistan say at least 124 Pakistanis were on a boat that sank off Greece with hundreds feared drowned. By Abid Hussain *First Published on Al Jazeera Islamabad, Pakistan – Two of Abid Kashmiri’s family members were on board the refugee-filled vessel that capsized off the coast of Greece last week. A cousin, Imran Nazir, and nephew, Abdul Islam, travelled…
The former colonial powers are feeding the very causes of regional, social and economic instability that create these refugee flows *First Published on Middle East Eye by David Hearst rotesque though it may seem, what happened last week when anything up to 500 men women and children drowned off the coast of Pylos in Greece was just another day…
*First Published on InfoMigrants Information for relatives and friends of missing persons The fishing boat that left Tobruk, Libya on June 10 and sank off Pylos in southern Greece on June 14 is thought to have been carrying between 400 and 800 people. As of Wednesday (June 21), the bodies of 82 deceased persons had been recovered…
In the early hours of the morning of June 14, the captain of an oil tanker received a call to help save the trawler that sank 30 miles off the coast of Greece. The sea had swallowed everything up. Navigational data show contradictions in Greece’s official account of events *First Published on El Pais By MARÍA MARTÍN,…
Men’s remains recovered in open water on sixth day of search since boat carrying up to 750 people sank *Originally Published on The Guardian Greek authorities have retrieved a further three bodies in open waters near the spot where a fishing trawler packed with Europe-bound migrants sank last week. The bodies – all men – were recovered…
