
Greece Migrant Boat Tragedy: New Revelations
An internal document reveals the EU and Athens knew about two children having died aboard the doomed vessel 15 hours before it capsized and sank, claiming the lives of approximately 600.

An internal document reveals the EU and Athens knew about two children having died aboard the doomed vessel 15 hours before it capsized and sank, claiming the lives of approximately 600.

Leftist members accused the Hellenic Coast Guard of destroying evidence and falsifying data, demanding an independent investigation into the incident, while also blaming the Commission for every crime committed against migrants in Libya.

According to Le Monde’s sources, the EU’s Border and Coast Guard Agency
found Greece had failed to protect fundamental rights.

Greece has arrested nine suspected people smugglers after the shipwreck that killed at least 79 people.

Parliamentarians exchanged shouts and vulgarities after Doctors Without Borders accused Italy of being responsible for the 89 migrant deaths at sea, despite rescue workers’ claiming professional conduct.

Frontex refused to state which NGOs specifically had their details passed onto Europol, but did not rule out the possibility of the information being used in future prosecutions.

Amid fears of a fresh migration surge, a series of events in Greece this week indicate that Europe’s tough turn on border control will continue.

The investigation into the European Union’s border agency is the second to take place in a matter of months.

Thus far this year, the EU’s border force said they detected almost 130,000 irregular border crossings on all Western Balkan routes.

Hungary, due to its location on the Schengen Area’s southeastern flank, has had to bear the brunt of the increased migratory pressure.