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“Lesbos is their target Turks». These are the words of executives of their high ranks Λιμενικού analyzing the prevailing situation in the northeast Aegean Sea after the recent incidents and the attempt by the Turks to completely pass 300 immigrants in Greek territorial waters. Accompanied by Turkish coastguards, four ships on Friday morning and another two at night the same day were unable to cross into Greek territorial waters. In front of them they found 10 of their boats coastguard.
The escalation of the Turkish side became evident after it also appeared in the maritime zone. a destroyer of the Turkish Navy , “Something unusual” as noted in “Protothem” Coast Guard Circles.
“We are at war. LA Lesbos It is the objective because, among other things, there are some NGOs located on the island that facilitate the criminal circuits of migrant smuggling by providing information for safe landing points on the island, mainly on the east side but also in the north. “ emphasize your executives Coastguard: “We had an investigation of such a case a few months ago and the investigations are continuing. NGOs are under the microscope of the Greek authorities.” We are trying to keep the island intact with low migratory flows.
So they reveal the turkey plan as evidenced by the information they have: “They are targeting Chios and in this way they are preparing for the other islands in the wider area, which at least for the moment show low migratory flows. These are Chios, Samos and Kos. “
Coast Guard officers are in constant alert in the last 12 months: “We have been on foot in the East Aegean for the last year and that is why we managed to deal with all six incidents. The Turks had reduced the tension for some time. They tried to calm us down to surprise us. But they failed. WE NEVER RELAXED.”
As the Coast Guard circles emphasize They do not rule out new tensions since the situation in Turkey it is economically and politically unstable and is likely to be a distraction to divert public attention. In addition, the weather conditions are beginning to improve, which helps to travel by sea.
“With high morale and self-sacrifice, the Coast Guard continues to monitor and patrol, sending a clear message in all directions that Greece and consequently the European Union have maritime borders.” indicate the coastguard.
During the two days, Thursday and Friday, the Commander of the Coast Guard – Hellenic Coast Guard, Rear Admiral LS Theodoros Kliaris, made official visits to Lesbos and Chios.
He was accompanied by the Commander of the Ninth Regional Administration of the Coast Guard – Hellenic Coast Guard, Chief LS Dimitris Kostarakis and the Head of the Integrated Maritime Surveillance Service, Captain LS George Christian. During his stay, he met with the Heads of Port Authorities and was widely informed about their activity as well as the problems they face.
At the same time, the Chief had the opportunity to talk with the executives of the Services, visited LS-EL.AKT Offshore Vessels as well as motor boats FRONTEX operating in these areas within the framework of the Joint European Operation “POSEIDON 2021”. He also spoke with the governors and crews and was briefed on their work and activity.
The boss expressed satisfaction with the operational readiness of the staff, highlighted their high morale, while congratulating them for the professionalism, integrity and efficiency they demonstrate daily in the performance of their mission and urged them to continue their work with the same commitment.
The new doctrine
The new doctrine that the Greek government has been applying since last March for the closure of borders and the increase of the force of surveillance of the maritime borders in cooperation Coast Guard with the Navy and the army, but also the presence of FRONTEX has resulted in the most significant reduction in migratory flows to the Greek islands.
“The instructions given to the security forces and the army were to ‘seal the borders of the country’ in every way.” are the words of the Coast Guard officers in protothema.gr: “The maritime field has more peculiarities than land borders.”
The 18,000 kilometers of coastline and hundreds of islands especially in the eastern Aegean they are monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The first steps that were taken then were:
-Immediate reinforcement with 20 additional vessels and 200 Coast Guard officers throughout the eastern Aegean maritime zone, from Alexandroupolis to Kastelorizo.
The gradual form of reinforcement reached the point that the Greek forces listed a total of more than 65 ships of the Greek Navy and more than 2,500 executives who deal exclusively with matters of surveillance and security of the maritime borders. And since the Greek maritime borders are also European, the EU’s help was requested through the FRONTEX organization.
THE Organization sent operational community instruments to Greece. To date, a total of 20 vessels, land and air, have arrived and are assisting in the national border guard effort.
In the new doctrine that Greece applies to the eastern maritime borders, it is of key importance interdisciplinary cooperation.
“Interdisciplinarity has played and continues to play an important role from the outset. “Both the Army and Navy assisted in the effort under the new improved maritime border surveillance doctrine.” The circles of the Ministry of Navigation and Insular Policy stand out.
The form of surveillance is very clear and specific. Patrols are now on the border using all appropriate means to achieve timely detection of ships carrying migrants located in Turkish territorial waters.
“In many cases, they are found even when the migrants are on the Turkish coast before they even board the boats.” emphasize the coastguard and continue: From the first moment of application of the new doctrine, it seemed that the Turkish authorities were surprised, that they did not expect such a reaction from Greece.
Continued interceptions and the timely placement of ships throughout the broader maritime field of the eastern Aegean resulted in a large reduction in migrants landed on the Greek islands.
The Turkish coast guards have initially taken on the role of picking up the boats with the migrants. The behavior of the Turkish Coast Guard has changed dramatically.
“Having lost the game of maritime communication, they now unofficially assumed the role of smugglers and began escorting ships with migrants, thus facilitating organized criminal networks in Turkey.”
The executives Coast Guard-Hellenic Coast Guard point out in protothema.gr the communications war accepted by the Turkish authorities: “We are accepting a dirty communications war using the official site of the Turkish Coast Guard and by NGOs that have recently been affected by the continued dissuasive action of the Greek Coast Guard. They use false information, photographs and audiovisual material to accuse the Hellenic Coast Guard of applying illegal procedures. There is no indication that in these 100 incidents that have been addressed by the Greek Coast Guard and that concern thousands of immigrants there are no human losses. If the situations warrant, the Coast Guard Grecia will play an even more active role together with the Ministry of Defense, which now has 5-6 ships and, if necessary, will reach 15 ”.
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