A Total of 231 Irregular Migrants Was Rescued In The Area Of Lesvos In 7 Different Push-Back Incidents
Push-back Incident-3:
At around 05.45 a.m. on 02 April 2021, it was detected on Greek side of the midline between Lesvos and Ayvalık that there was an intervention by Greek Coast Guard asset with bow no. LS-080 and a Greek Zodiac boat on an inflatable boat with a group of irregular migrants aboard, and that the boat was rendered immovable. A vessel of Naval Forces Command that was already in this area and the dispatched 3 Turkish Coast Guard boats arrived in the scene and rescued 46 irregular migrants that were pushed back by Greek Coast Guard assets to Turkish territorial waters at around 10.00 a.m. and took them to Küçükkuyu.
Push-back Incident-4:
At around 07.00 a.m., on 02 April 2021, it was detected on Greek side in the northwest of Güneş Island of the province of Ayvalık that there was an intervention by Frontex asset of Italia and Greek Coast Guard asset on an inflatable boat irregular migrants aboard, and that the boat was rendered immovable so as to push it back to Turkish territorial waters.
Upon arrival of the dispatched 1 Turkish Coast Guard boat on the scene, they decided not to push said group of irregular migrants back, Greek Coast Guard boat took the migrants and sailed away with them heading to Lesvos.
Push-back Incident-5:
At around 08.00 a.m. on 02 April 2021, it was reported that there was a group of irregular migrants in an inflatable boat off the coast of Sarımsaklı of the province of Ayvalık, and the dispatched Turkish Coast Guard boat rescued 38 irregular migrants on the inflatable boat, whose fuel hose was cut and pushed back by Greek assets to Turkish territorial waters, and the rescued migrants were taken to Ayvalık.
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