Following accounts given by the survivors, why was a rescue operation not immediately started by the Turkish Coast Guard after it first arrived on scene at the GPS location?
We ask for that in order to respect the dignity of the victims/survivors but also to maintain dignity ourselves, so that we can create a community and society in which the privacy and dignity of all people are valued and respected.
تطالب شبكة رصد المتوسط - هاتف الطوارئ بالنقل الفوري لجميع اللاجئين العالقين في جزيرة فارماكينوسي العسكرية - اللاجئون عالقون في هذه الجزيرة ويواجهون ظروف غير إنسانية فيها.
Alarm Phone Press Release, 5th of August 2015 Distress at sea and endangered lives due to coastguard actions? Evidence shows attacks on migrant boats in the Aegean Sea where engines were removed and boats punctured by coastguards
🆘 in the Central Med! We were alerted to a group of 47 people who fled from #Sfax #Tunisia and who shipwrecked early this morning. The people went overboard and are in the water, in immediate danger of drowning. Authorities are informed, rescue is urgently needed!!
🆘 45 people calling for help after their boat shipwrecked off #Rhodes! The survivors are in a church, some of them badly injured. They report that 2 people died whose bodies are still at the beach. They need immediate help & the bodies of the dead to be recovered.
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🆘 Deportation to #Tunisia in the making!
41 people who fled Libya were intercepted by the supply ship MARDIVE 208 in the Maltese search + rescue zone. Authorities now are planning to hand them over to Tunisia which is not a safe country for refugees. This deportation is illegal!