*First Published on Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) More than two months after the tragic Pylos shipwreck off the Greek coast, carrying approximately 750 migrants – amidst allegations against the Greek coast guard for its involvement in the incident – only 104 people survived. The search operation led to the recovery of 82 bodies until it was halted on July 7,…
The overcrowded fishing trawler Adriana was on its way from Libya to Italy, and on the fifth day of it’s supposed three day journey, they ran into trouble. The Hellenic Coastguard however, did not respond immediately despite being aware of the situation. From the 750 people on board, only 108 survived and 642 lost their lives when…
In this episode of VC Mytillini, I take a closer look at the needless loss of life that occurred during the shipwreck that happened on the morning of the 13th of June this year. On the morning of the 13th of June near the Greek island of Pylos, a dangerously overcrowded fishing trawler filled with migrants on…
*First Published on RPE According to the Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) findings, residents of Tala in Menoufia Governorate and Abrash in Al-Sharqia Governorate were able to identify 14 bodies of their family members among the victims of the “Pylos” shipwreck in Greece through DNA analysis. Egyptian authorities had informed the victims’ families on June 22nd to…
Starkly divergent accounts from survivors and Greek authorities around the circumstances of the deadly Pylos shipwreck, underscore the urgent need for an effective, independent, and impartial investigation, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The disparities between survivors’ accounts of the Pylos shipwreck and the authorities’ version of the events are extremely concerning The fishing vessel, Adriana, was…
New report suggests real culprits behind deadly Pylos wreck had close ties with Libya’s eastern commander, Khalifa Haftar *First Published on Middle East Eyes By Katherine Hearst Nine Egyptian men accused of being members of a smuggling network are still being held in Greece in pre-trial detention, in connection with last month’s deadly Pylos shipwreck, campaigners say. On 13 June, a…
*First Published on Euronews The European Union’s watchdog on Wednesday launched an investigation into the role Frontex played in one of the deadliest migrant shipwrecks in recent history. Among the documents EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has demanded access to is the formal report by the Union’s external border agency about how events unfolded when the Adriana boat sank on…
*First Published in Initiative of Lawyers and Jurists for the shipwreck of Pylos The technological capacities of the ship PPLS 920 render absurd any no-footage claims (vid+pics) The technological capacities of the ship (PPLS 920) render absurd any claim by the Greek authorities that no footage of the Pylos shipwreck exists. [Announcement of the Initiative of Lawyers…
*Repost from Initiative of Lawyers and Jurists for the shipwreck of Pylos In this post, we gather Frontex statements, reactions, initiatives, etc, on the Pylos shipwreck (official statements + media reports) 1) Frontex tweet (2023-06-14) An initial version of this tweet, had the phrase “All questions should be directed to the Greek Rescue Coordination Centre”. This content…
In this post, we gather the public statements of the Coast Guard’s spokesman Nikos Alexiou in the next 24 hours after the fatal shipwreck off Pylos. Big contradictions arise from these statements, with the most characteristic being the initial absolute refusal of any rafting of the “Adriana” boat (as the fishing boat with the hundreds of refugees…
