{"id":12766,"date":"2022-02-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/soroi-agnooumenon-diaspartoi-sto-aigaio\/"},"modified":"2022-02-23T15:59:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T13:59:55","slug":"deaths-at-the-borders-refugee-and-migrant-shipwrecks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/deaths-at-the-borders-refugee-and-migrant-shipwrecks\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaths at the borders. Urgent need to use appropriate protocols in refugee and migrant shipwrecks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12766\" class=\"elementor elementor-12766 elementor-12708\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1790a9 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1790a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-009eb43\" data-id=\"009eb43\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-906e467 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"906e467\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DEATHS AT THE BORDERS<br>A pressing need for appropriate protocols for refugee and migrant shipwrecks\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9404d06 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9404d06\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-882f31c\" data-id=\"882f31c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4d8557 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4d8557\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">DEATHS AT THE BORDERS<br>A pressing need for appropriate protocols for refugee and migrant shipwrecks<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dacce4e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dacce4e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/rsa-\u03a3\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03b9\u0301-\u03b1\u03b3\u03bd\u03bf\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5\u0301\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd-\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u0301\u03c3\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9-\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf-\u0391\u03b9\u03b3\u03b1\u03b9\u0301\u03bf\u200b-400x185.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a98155 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a98155\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-040e975\" data-id=\"040e975\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a469613 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a469613\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><em>Until recently, the bodies of missing refugees and migrants were found scattered all over the Aegean Sea, two months after the tragic shipwrecks in Paros, Folegandros and Antikythera. The survivors &#8211; relatives and companions of these people who are anxiously searching for clues about their fate, instead of receiving the necessary psychosocial care under dignified reception conditions, were taken to the Pre-removal Detention Centre (PROKEKA) in Amygdaleza where they remained in administrative detention for more than a month. The recent shipwrecks have once again highlighted the huge shortcomings in the information, support and care of survivors, in the coordination of the management of shipwreck victims such as the protocol for the search and identification of the missing and dead respectively and the referral to an appropriate reception facility.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9def3a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9def3a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ced543e\" data-id=\"ced543e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e5f101 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5e5f101\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-table\" data-src=\"visualisation\/8761492\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc46a34 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc46a34\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93aa830\" data-id=\"93aa830\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7181627 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7181627\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Folegandros, Tinos, Sifnos, Naxos, Paros, Sikinos, Kos, Symi, Rhodes and Crete. The sea has been washing up bodies for two months and there seems to be no end to the tragedy. They are believed to belong to the unfortunate refugees missing from the recent shipwrecks. Residents of the islands are once again afraid to walk along their coasts, worried about the images they may encounter. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c7ab8c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c7ab8c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14b30df\" data-id=\"14b30df\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90b8d53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"90b8d53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-map\" data-src=\"visualisation\/8761399\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-610d3fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"610d3fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b94f7a9\" data-id=\"b94f7a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d28dea elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8d28dea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-table\" data-src=\"visualisation\/8761403\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb8f8c8 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb8f8c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-360d5a0\" data-id=\"360d5a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9849f68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9849f68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rescued detainees without psychosocial support<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31f1d14 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31f1d14\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0679590\" data-id=\"0679590\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a080eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a080eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Rescued detainees without psychosocial support<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43c9934 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43c9934\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7efcf4\" data-id=\"e7efcf4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c9969f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c9969f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) legally represents three families rescued from the shipwrecks in Antikythera and Paros who have lost relatives. Despite the shock and the overwhelming mental state these persons do not seem to have received psychological first aid. They were transferred from the islands to the PROKEKA of Amygdaleza almost immediately after the tragic events. Initially, sources at the Ministry of Migration and Asylum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efsyn.gr\/ellada\/dikaiomata\/325343_apo-tin-epomeni-mera-tis-tragodias-arhizei-i-odysseia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a> that the shipwreck victims would be transferred there for registration and that they would be taken to reception facilities within two or three days. Eventually they stayed in administrative detention until the beginning of February.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">During this period of detention, they had insufficient access to telephones in order to contact relatives and services related to the identification of the bodies or the tracing of their relatives. They also did not have psychological support. They were held in very difficult conditions, under poor hygiene, without adequate clothing and heating, and without medical care. The communication with their lawyers was also difficult, as it took place in the presence of police officers and under time pressure. The detention conditions further aggravated their mental health state.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4008f17 elementor-blockquote--skin-boxed elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"4008f17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"We were psychologically really not fine and they took us straight to detention. From bad to worse. So far we have received neither psychological nor social assistance. The authorities only provide us with food. If we did not have ourselves the strength to continue, we would have collapsed. The only thing the children saw inside Amygdaleza were policemen and barbed wire,\" says <strong>Karim*<\/strong>, who lost first-degree relatives in one of the recent shipwrecks. \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6d4a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b6d4a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Now the survivors have been moved to an open shelter in central Greece far from the urban centres of Athens and Thessaloniki, while only there could they receive specialised psychosocial support and reception services. Their immediate transfer, even now, to the ESTIA II housing programme for vulnerable asylum seekers is considered urgent and necessary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd6b5dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd6b5dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><small>*Name has been changed for privacy and security reasons<\/small><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fac504 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fac504\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9b2c23 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9b2c23\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39b2d4f\" data-id=\"39b2d4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d2af2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d2af2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lack of coordinated information for relatives<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-552ac81 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"552ac81\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a08097\" data-id=\"4a08097\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-542f1e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"542f1e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Lack of coordinated information for relatives<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53b818d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53b818d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a1acaf\" data-id=\"8a1acaf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00d38fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00d38fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">After the shipwrecks were reported, relatives and friends of the missing persons in Greece and abroad contacted the Greek authorities, organisations and solidarity groups in order to find information about these people, whose bodies are scattered in various mortuaries across the country. In many cases they have been <a href=\"https:\/\/alarmphone.org\/en\/2021\/12\/25\/three-shipwrecks-with-dozens-feared-dead-in-the-aegean-while-pushbacks-continue-to-happen\/?post_type_release_type=post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">confronted<\/span><\/a> with a lack of interpretation services and bureaucratic procedures, which they are unable to cope with. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efsyn.gr\/ellada\/dikaiomata\/326267_kratoyn-sto-skotadi-toys-syggeneis-ton-nayagon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">reports<\/span><\/a>, the Greek authorities have failed to ensure that relatives in different countries and continents are informed in a coordinated manner. They told them that, in order to give an official response to their queries, the Greek authorities would have to first obtain an information request from Europol for EU residents and from Interpol for non-EU residents.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Furthermore, DNA collection from relatives in the countries of their residence is necessary to carry out the investigation\/recognition and identification, followed by the burial of the dead. The procedures differ by country and become impossible to carry out in war zones. There are also cases where parents are at risk of being charged with child neglect. The relatives of the dead and missing continue to search, often without knowing where the corpses have been transferred and where they have to go to start the procedure of identification of their beloved.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Support to relatives in the search processes is currently provided by organisations and citizens in solidarity. The competent authorities did not consider it necessary to set up a special 24-hour hotline for a period following the shipwreck, as would be the case in a similar incident involving European citizens.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) participated in the drafting process and has signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/the-mitilini-declaration\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Mytilini Declaration<\/span><\/a> on the Dignified Treatment of All Missing and Deceased Persons and their Families as a Consequence of the Migration Journeys.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b940d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b940d6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-186786c\" data-id=\"186786c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3247bec elementor-blockquote--skin-boxed elementor-blockquote--align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"3247bec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tThe institutionalised policies and systematic deterrence practices at the EU's external borders lead to deadly journeys. Shipwreck victims must be given all the necessary support and protection. Existing protocols are not sufficient as dealing with shipwrecks presents peculiarities. Timely and clear information, provision of appropriate reception conditions, DNA collection when relatives are in a country outside Greece, search in Turkey must be immediately and flexibly addressed.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">    Natassa Strachini, lawyer, legal team coordinator of Refugee Support Aegean  (RSA)<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bd292e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6bd292e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-434cd6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"434cd6d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17b6eb2\" data-id=\"17b6eb2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d664959 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"d664959\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8c4139\" data-id=\"f8c4139\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7495444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7495444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><b>Dead and missing in Evros<\/b><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Dozens of refugees lose their lives at the land border along the Evros river as well. Last year the number of registered deaths <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voria.gr\/article\/igros-tafos-o-potamos-evros--51-metanastes-echasan-ti-zoi-tous-sta-ellinotourkika-sinora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">reached<\/span><\/a> 51 people. The total number of victims, however, is estimated to be much higher given the conditions in the area, involving strong cold and rushing river waters. Appeals for information on missing persons who tried to cross the Evros are posted almost daily in Arabic- and Farsi-speaking groups on social media. The photos of the 12 dead refugees in Edirne province are shocking. Turkey&#8217;s Interior Minister S\u00fcleyman Soylu<i> <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suleymansoylu\/status\/1488828785722105862?ref_src=twsrc%25255Etfw%25257Ctwcamp%25255Etweetembed%25257Ctwterm%25255E1488828785722105862%25257Ctwgr%25255E%25257Ctwcon%25255Es1_&amp;ref_url=https:\/\/www.iefimerida.gr\/oembed?url=https3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fsuleymansoylu2Fstatus2F1488828785722105862provider=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a> that 12 of 22 people &#8220;pushed back&#8221; from Greece died from the cold. Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis <a href=\"https:\/\/migration.gov.gr\/en\/dilosi-ypoyrgoy-metanasteysis-asyloy-k-noti-mitaraki-gia-ton-thanato-12-metanaston-sta-toyrkika-synora-konta-sta-ypsala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">accused<\/span><\/a> Soylu of false propaganda and claimed that &#8220;these migrants never made it to the border. Any suggestion they did, or indeed were pushed back into Turkey is utter nonsense&#8221;. Somalia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/africa\/somalia-urges-investigation-into-5-nationals-frozen-to-death-along-greek-turkish-border\/2499405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">has asked<\/span><\/a> the UN to investigate the death of five Somalis who were found frozen to death along the Greek-Turkish border. This is one of the few cases where foreign authorities have taken such an action to investigate the circumstances of refugee deaths at the border.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost two months after the deadly shipwrecks in Paros, Folegandros and Antikythera, the bodies of missing refugees and migrants are still found scattered all over the Aegean. The survivors &#8211; relatives and companions of these people who were anxiously searching for clues about their fate, instead of receiving the necessary psychosocial care under decent accommodation conditions, were taken to the Pre-removal Detention Centre (PROKEKA) in Amygdaleza where they remained in administrative detention for more than a month. The recent shipwrecks have once again highlighted the huge shortcomings in the information, support and care of survivors, in the coordination for the management of shipwreck victims such as the protocol for the search and identification of the missing and dead respectively and the referral to an appropriate accommodation facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":12712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,140,243,8,137,254],"tags":[284,18,322],"class_list":{"0":"post-12766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-publications","8":"category-deathatborder","9":"category-facts-and-figures","10":"category-news-2","11":"category-topics","12":"category-violations-at-the-borders","13":"tag-284","14":"tag-featured","15":"tag-shipwreck"},"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12766"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12802,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12766\/revisions\/12802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}