{"id":18460,"date":"2024-02-02T11:22:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T09:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/?p=18460"},"modified":"2024-10-25T17:11:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T14:11:20","slug":"frontex-report-pylos-shipwreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/frontex-report-pylos-shipwreck\/","title":{"rendered":"Damning report of the Frontex Fundamental Rights Office on the responsibility of the Greek authorities in the Pylos shipwreck"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18460\" class=\"elementor elementor-18460\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4277363 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4277363\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b07043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b07043\" 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\">Damning report of the Frontex Fundamental Rights Office on the responsibility of the Greek authorities in the Pylos shipwreck<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01b20b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01b20b6\" 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\">Questions also raised on the role of Frontex\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c027167 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c027167\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72450da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72450da\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Serious Incident Report of the Frontex Fundamental Rights Office on the Pylos shipwreck made public on 31 January 2024 under a media investigation<\/span><b> leaves no doubt as to the responsibility of the Greek Coast Guard for the tragic fate of the <\/b><b><i>Adriana <\/i><\/b><b>boat and the failure to rescue the persons on board. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report comes as yet another corroboration of the criminal complaint lodged by survivors of the shipwreck against the responsible officials of the Greek authorities.<\/span><\/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-74a4657 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74a4657\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specifically, the report:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b>Finds that the \u201cThe determination of the state of the vessel, coordination or provision of assistance and potential declaration of a SAR operation were formally a responsibility of Piraeus JRCC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Frontex\u2019 Fundamental Rights Office does not know how Piraeus JRCC monitored, assessed and arrived at the conclusion that a SAR case did not need to be launched immediately after the receipt of the Frontex sighting\u2026<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Greek authorities nevertheless determined that Adriana was in need of assistance and instructed\u2026 commercial ships in the vicinity to provide assistance and supplies\u2026 The two documented attempts were in fact unsuccessful and may have in some instance even increased the danger to the vessel.\u201d<\/span><\/li><li><b>Notes that \u201cThe resources mobilized by the authorities during the day (including merchant vessels and HCG helicopters) were not sufficient for the objective of rescuing the migrants.<\/b> <b>Judging from the resources actually deployed, as well as based on some migrant testimonies, it appears that the authorities immediate focus prior to the shipwreck was not rescue.\u201d<\/b><\/li><li><b>Finds the Greek Coast Guard responsible for having \u201cdelayed the declaration of SAR operation until the moment of the shipwreck when it was no longer possible to rescue all the people on board, deployed insufficient and inappropriate resources considering the number of persons aboard Adriana\u2026\u201d<\/b><\/li><\/ul><p>Though it does not identify violations stemming from the actions of Frontex officers in the course of handling of the incident, the report raises questions which do not exclude liability as regards the diligent assessment of the case upon initial sighting of the boat by Frontex. It notes that the Agency should \u201cassess similar cases more thoroughly against the need to issue a Mayday alert, especially when the competent national authorities do not provide information about their assessment of the situation and follow-up steps, such as declaring the boat as being in distress or initiating a search and rescue operation.\u201d<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Importantly, the report highlights that the responsible Greek authorities failed to provide the Fundamental Rights Office with relevant information and to reply to the questions set in its investigation, and that the Office expects to be informed of the outcome of the two ongoing judicial proceedings and of the Greek Ombudsman investigation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-516a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"516a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bc8118 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1bc8118\" 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here the complete version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Frontex?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Frontex<\/a> incident report on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pylos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Pylos<\/a> shipwreck. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ONMjA6TVKl\">https:\/\/t.co\/ONMjA6TVKl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eleonora Vasques \ud83c\udf0d (@EleonoraVasques) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EleonoraVasques\/status\/1752762391605965185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 31, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25a90a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"25a90a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Pylos-Frontex-Incident-Report.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">You can download the report here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cf23bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8cf23bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Serious Incident Report of the Frontex Fundamental Rights Office on the Pylos shipwreck leaves no doubt as to the responsibility of the Greek Coast Guard <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":18461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,256,8,5,137,254,1],"tags":[301,18,302,322],"class_list":{"0":"post-18460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-deathatborder","8":"category-frontex-and-border-surveillance","9":"category-news-2","10":"category-publications","11":"category-topics","12":"category-violations-at-the-borders","13":"category-1","14":"tag-2024-2","15":"tag-featured","16":"tag-pylos","17":"tag-shipwreck"},"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18460","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=18460"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18470,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18460\/revisions\/18470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}