Türkiye on Wednesday rescued over 40 irregular migrants and recovered the lifeless our bodies of two, together with a girl who was reportedly 5 months pregnant, after Greek authorities illegally pushed them again into Turkish territorial waters, in keeping with the Turkish Coast Guard Command.
Coast guard groups have been dispatched off the coast of Kuşadası within the Aegean Aydın province after they realized there have been irregular migrants in an inflatable boat. A complete of 43 individuals who have been pushed again by Greek authorities have been rescued, it mentioned in an announcement.
One of the rescued irregular migrants mentioned that they set sail late Tuesday and traveled for over 4 hours.
Another migrant mentioned Greek Coast Guard groups dismantled the engine of their boat and threw it into the ocean. “There were high waves and storms. They were constantly creating waves with their boats.”
Later, he mentioned one other Greek Coast Guard ship got here and “we thought they would act better, but they treated us worse. They almost ran over us in that big ship. We could hardly hold onto the boat, women were in danger of falling into the water.”
He pressured there have been two infants within the boat, together with one simply 3 months outdated and one other 18 months outdated, including: “We could have all died. A friend of mine hasn’t heard from his wife who is 5 months pregnant, he’s very upset.”
An investigation of the incident continues.
Türkiye has been a key transit level for irregular migrants eager to cross into Europe to begin new lives, particularly these fleeing conflict and persecution.
Human rights teams and media retailers have often reported on unlawful pushbacks and different human rights breaches by Greek authorities.
Türkiye and international rights teams have repeatedly condemned Greece’s unlawful apply of pushing again irregular migrants, saying it violates humanitarian values and worldwide legislation by endangering the lives of weak migrants, together with ladies and kids.
