Overnight, the situation became even worse. More people were pushed back to the islet & the group now consists of 70 people. The people reported shootings from border authorities. They still cannot move away from the islet & are exhausted.
https://twitter.com/alarm_phone/status/1555886172785844224
We also contacted @Frontex which is active in the region, and asked how they address this situation. We received no answer. Once more, Frontex backs up their partners & their murderous practice.
End the blockade - let them move!
End the blockade - let them move!
This group continues to be subjected to all kinds of physical & psychological violence. In their last message that came in over night, they report: 'Hell is really here. A little girl died today. She was stung by a scorpion. We couldn't do anything'.
#StopBordercrimes
#StopBordercrimes
The people report to us:
1/ “The 5-year-old girl died from a dirty scorpion sting last night. The situation was tragic and her little older sister was stung and her condition is serious. We need a hospital. If no one acts to help her, she will die like her younger sister.”
1/ “The 5-year-old girl died from a dirty scorpion sting last night. The situation was tragic and her little older sister was stung and her condition is serious. We need a hospital. If no one acts to help her, she will die like her younger sister.”
2/ “Where is the humanity in the death of a girl who did not complete her six years of age after she lived war and oppression in Syria and Turkey and now on the Greek border?”
3/ “We had four deaths already and I can't bear to lose another person, another small person. She is struggling with death without me being able to do anything to her. The family was shocked and I am afraid of the complications of this trauma that they have.”
The Greek Council of Refugees (GCR) & HumanRights360 have already applied for interim measures, which were granted.
➡️ efsyn.gr/ellada/dikaiom…
This deadly attack must stop immediately!
➡️ efsyn.gr/ellada/dikaiom…
This deadly attack must stop immediately!
At 12:30 CEST today, we received the message:
"No one has come so far & the girl's condition is dangerous, her temperature is very high & she is vomiting something like water, & I don't know what will happen, no one wants to come to save her at all"
@hellenicpolice @UNHCRGreece
"No one has come so far & the girl's condition is dangerous, her temperature is very high & she is vomiting something like water, & I don't know what will happen, no one wants to come to save her at all"
@hellenicpolice @UNHCRGreece
Greece seems to claim that the location of the distressed is not in Greek territory. @ECHR_CEDH would not have ordered the Greek state to evacuate the people if they were not on Greek soil. The @hellenicpolice has a duty to bring these people to safety immediately!
#stoppushbacks
#stoppushbacks
We had contact with Baida at 11:33 CEST today:
"Hello, I am very tired, the situation is still very bad. The girl that got stung by a scorpion is in bad condition, we are still trying to reduce her temperature with the river water and drink it, but she is afraid that the river...
"Hello, I am very tired, the situation is still very bad. The girl that got stung by a scorpion is in bad condition, we are still trying to reduce her temperature with the river water and drink it, but she is afraid that the river...
...water will harm her because it is polluted. I do not know what to do really, tired of everything, please help us in any way. I'm dying here of starvation and thirst, and I'm dying mentally and physically."
@hellenicpolice @UNHCRGreece
@hellenicpolice @UNHCRGreece
A petition was launched, calling on the @hellenicpolice to finally guarantee the group in distress on the island their fundamental rights.
Sign and share!
change.org/p/39-people-st…
Sign and share!
change.org/p/39-people-st…
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