15/05/2024 – 10/06/2024
- On June 6 2024, in the islet of Nimos , 17 migrants, including children, were rescued by the Greek authorities.
- On June 5 2024, Aegean Boat Report reported 3,034 pushback cases carried out by the Greek Coast Guard since January 2020. Over this period, 82,894 men, women and children were affected by these violent operations.
- On May 31 2024, one migrant died and 5 others were injured in a collision with a coast guard boat near the island of Symi in the Aegean Sea.
- On May 27 2024, despite their acquittal on appeal by the Kalamata court, the 9 survivors of the Pylos shipwreck who had been charged with the deaths of more than half a hundred people, were still under arrest. This “administrative detention” can last for months until their asylum application is examined.
- On May 24 2024, 140 migrants arrived in Greece from North Africa. After a perilous journey, they managed to land south of the island of Crete.
- On May 23 2024, a group of migrants had washed up on the island of Symi. Greek police said they are now safe.
- On May 23 2024, 40 people were in distress near Crete. After being rescued by the commercial ship Juliet, they were able to disembark on May 24, 2024, on the island of Crete. One person drowned during rescue operations. The Greek Coast Guard disembarked the rest of the group in the port of Kaloi Limenes.
- On May 21 2024, a Greek judge dropped charges against 9 men of Egyptian origin who had been accused of being behind the Pylos shipwreck in June 2023. During the trial, considering that the boat Adriana was not under Greek maritime sovereignty, the Kalamata court decided that the case was outside of its territorial jurisdiction. The Adriana disaster killed more than 500 people and the 9 Egyptians risked life in prison.