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EIGHT CHILDREN ABANDONED AT SEA. AND WE ACT AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. On 9 November, the Turkish Coast Guard rescued 22 people, including eight children, from two powerless life rafts drifting in darkness off Marmaris. The Turkish Coast Guard confirmed that Greek authorities had pushed the rafts into Turkish waters. Eight children. No engines. No protective covers. No way to reach safety. Left helplessly at sea, hoping someone would find them before it was too late. THIS IS NOT BORDER PROTECTION. THIS IS INHUMAN TREATMENT. The Greek Coast Guard knows exactly what can happen when people are abandoned at sea. Without rescue, they can die. Aegean Boat Report has documented these illegal pushbacks for more than six years. People forced into emergency life rafts, stripped of their protective covers, and abandoned at sea. This is not an accident. It is a deliberate act of cruelty. WHAT IF THESE WERE YOUR CHILDREN? Would you accept someone taking your children, placing them in a powerless life raft in the middle of the sea, and leaving them there? Would you call it border protection? Of course not. You would demand justice. So why do we accept it when it happens to someone else’s children? The Greek government knows. The European Commission knows. Frontex knows. Yet European funding and operational cooperation continue, despite years of documented violations. HOW MANY MORE CHILDREN MUST BE ABANDONED AT SEA BEFORE SOMEONE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE? Silence is not neutrality. We have a moral obligation to speak out. We cannot claim ignorance. The evidence has been there for years. These 22 people survived because the Turkish Coast Guard rescued them. But what if nobody had come? WOULD WE FINALLY HAVE PAID ATTENTION IF EIGHT CHILDREN HAD DIED? Their nationality does not matter. Their immigration status does not matter. THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS. No border policy can justify this cruelty. No government should escape accountability. If abandoning eight children at sea would be unacceptable when they are our children, why would it ever be acceptable when they are someone else’s? #Pushbacks #HumanRights #AegeanSea

🚨 AT LEAST 22 DEAD, TWO MISSING AND HUNDREDS RESCUED IN MULTIPLE TRAGEDIES OFF CRETE At least 22 people have lost their lives and two remain missing following two separate tragedies involving boats carrying refugees and migrants attempting to reach the Greek island of Crete from Libya. The deaths were discovered during rescue operations south of Crete between 7 and 9 November. FIRST TRAGEDY — EIGHT DEAD, TWO MISSING A boat carrying Sudanese nationals was located southwest of Kali Limenes, on the southern coast of Crete. A tugboat rescued 28 people and recovered one body. According to survivors, they had departed Libya on 3 or 4 November and had spent several days at sea. Two passengers had reportedly fallen overboard during the journey and remain missing. Strong winds prevented the vessel from being immediately recovered. When it was subsequently located again, seven additional bodies were discovered inside, bringing the death toll to eight. Two survivors, aged 28 and 16, were later arrested by Greek authorities on smuggling-related charges. SECOND TRAGEDY — FOURTEEN DEAD Early Monday morning, another boat was discovered approximately 15 nautical miles south of Crete by a Moroccan-flagged container ship. Thirteen bodies were recovered, while 18 people were rescued alive. Four survivors required hospital treatment, including a young child. One of those hospitalised subsequently died, bringing the death toll from this incident to 14. Survivors were reportedly suffering from exposure to cold after spending several days at sea in difficult weather conditions. The exact causes of death have not yet been established. HUNDREDS MORE RESCUED Several additional boats were located south of Crete during the same period. According to the latest reporting, 187 people were rescued in three separate operations on Monday, in addition to the survivors from the fatal incidents. Across the reported operations, at least 233 people were rescued. HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE MUST DIE? The maritime route from Libya to Crete has become an increasingly important crossing point for people attempting to reach Europe. Many are fleeing war, persecution and insecurity, including people from Sudan, where years of devastating conflict have forced millions from their homes. These journeys are often undertaken in overcrowded, unsuitable boats, with insufficient food, drinking water and protection against the elements. People can spend days drifting at sea, exposed to extreme conditions, desperately hoping someone will find them before it is too late. In just a few days, at least 22 people have died, two remain missing, and hundreds of others have been rescued from the waters south of Crete. There are still serious unanswered questions about what happened aboard these vessels, how long people were left struggling at sea, and whether earlier intervention could have saved lives. These deaths deserve answers, not silence. Twenty-two people did not survive the journey. They were not numbers. They were human beings, with families, hopes and futures that ended in the Mediterranean. And while Europe continues to debate migration, people continue to die at its borders.