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?
Tuttavia, i momenti di perdita e lutto devono essere rispettati e chiediamo, dunque, maggiore cura, rispetto e responsabilità nella realizzazione e nella pubblicazione di immagini che mostrano i rifugiati.
Alarm Phone chiede l’immediato trasferimento di tutti i rifugiati arrivati sull’isola militare di Farmakonisi – i viaggiatoti bloccati sull’isola devono far fronte a condizioni inumane
"Anche se ci confrontiamo con la forte disperazione e sofferenza umana in questi momenti di difficoltà, siamo stati anche ispirati innumerevoli volte dalla volontà di continuare la lotta e di attraversare il mare e di potersi muovere poi verso le destinazioni desiderate in tutta Europa"
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
🆘 We were called by 36 people in distress between #Tobruk & #Crete. JRCC Cairo ordered the merchant vessel NV MARLIN with destination #Egypt to rescue. The people initially refused as they want to reach a safe place. However they are now on the vessel, headed to an unsafe place.
🆘 ~ 93 people in distress off #Crete!
We are in contact with the group who escaped #Libya and is now drifting in a boat just 14 miles south of #Crete. They told us they have been at sea for 3 days and are without food or water. @HCoastGuard: bring them to land without delay!
🆘 ~30 people in distress in the Central #Mediterranean! RCC #Malta informed about a rescue operation last night. But so far, nobody from this group has been disembarked in Malta. We fear a #pushback. Where are they?