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November 22nd, 2015 
Awake Goy The footage was released by the Turkish Institute of Public Diplomacy and shows a person on board the Greek vessel trying to sink the inflatable dinghy, despite it being packed with 58 refugees.
The life raft began to sink, with the refugees frantically blowing whistles and shouting for help. The Turkish coastguard intervened and pulled the migrants to safety from the dinghy. They were then taken to the Turkish port of Didim.
Reuters reports that the incident occurred on November 12, and the head of the Greek coastguard has been shown the video by his Turkish counterpart.
“We would be very pleased if you order your team to refrain from such acts,” said Commander Rear Admiral Hakan Ustem, of the Turkish coastguard.
Vice Admiral Athanasopoulos from the Greek coastguard was allegedly shocked upon seeing the footage and has vowed to take action to make sure that such incidents are not repeated.
Around 650,000 refugees and migrants fleeing war and extreme poverty in the Middle East and Africa have made the treacherous journey to Greece by sea, and thousands have drowned making the attempt.
This is not the first time that Greece has been accused of trying to sink inflatable rafts carrying refugees.
A damning Human Rights Watch report in October said that armed masked men from around the Greek islands have been targeting migrant boats and turning them back, sometimes throwing their engines away.
Two incidents are reported to have taken place on October 7 and 9, respectively, when attackers allegedly disabled the engines of several boats and even punctured holes in their inflatable hulls. Some of the inflatable rafts were towed back into Turkish waters.
Human Rights Watch is outraged by the findings and the organization’s Greece specialist, Eva Cosse, is demanding action. These “criminal actions require an urgent response from the Greek authorities,” she said.
Source Article from https://www.rt.com/news/323034-greece-refugees-coastguard-sink/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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