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At least six incidents in total, in which ships with foreigners tried to enter Greek territorial waters accompanied by Turkish coast guards, have been recorded from last night until today at noon in the wider maritime zone northeast of Lesbos.
According to the Coast Guard, in all six cases, the offshore ships of the Coast Guard, as well as the patrol boats of the Coast Guard, were present in the incidents, while none of the aforementioned ships with the foreigners entered the territorial waters. Greek, despite the continued efforts of the Turkish coastguard. All of the foreign passengers were eventually picked up by the Turkish Coast Guard, according to the Coast Guard.
As highlighted, there was also an incident of harassment of a Coast Guard vessel by a Turkish coast guard.
According to the Headquarters of the Coast Guard, the “Coast Guard – Hellenic Coast Guard constantly takes all necessary measures, respecting the application of international law, establishing as its top priority the protection of human life at sea”. At the same time, it effectively monitors the maritime borders of the country and the European Union ”.
In a statement on the Turkish challenges, the Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Notis Mitarakis, stated:
This morning, the Greek Coast Guard reported multiple incidents in which the Turkish Coast Guard and the Turkish Navy escorted migrant ships of dubious quality to Europe’s borders, in an attempt to scale with Greece. the Turkish shores and as they were assisted by Turkey, they were not in danger.
We call on Turkey to:
1) Stop this unwarranted provocation.
2) Return these migrants safely to Turkey.
3) Comply with the 2016 EU-Turkey Joint Declaration on Migration “.
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