YLE raporteerib maikuus Vahemerel uppunud kalalaeva kohta, mille ümberminekul sattus Vahemerre kuni 750 inimest (täpset arvu ei teata). Pääsesid 104.
Mõned asjad on kindlad: inimkaubitsejad koormasid laeva üle. Mootor tõrkus. Lõppes joogivesi. Saadeti abikutse. Edasine on segane. See, et laev uppus ja sajad hukkusid on kindel.
Frontexi lennuk avastas laeva 13. mail lõuna paiku. Märgati, et alusel on selgelt liiga palju rahvast. Pärastlõunal avastas laeva Kreeka rannavalve kopter, mis raporteeris et "laev on teel Itaalia poole". Ometigi palus rannavalve kahte lähedal olevat suuremat laeva, et nad annaksid hädas olijatele kütust ja joogivett. Logiraamatud näitavad, et nad kutsuti kohale mitmeid tunde hiljem.
Päästeoperatsiooni mitte käivitamise põhjenduseks ongi saanud lause "laev on teel Itaalia poole". Ööseks saabus pagulaste laeva juurde Kreeka patrull-laev, kuid ei alustanud päästeoperatsiooni, vaid asus laeva pukseerima.
Päästeoperatsioon käivitati, kui pukseeritav Adriana stabiilsuse kaotas, kummuli läks ja uppus. Mõned pääsednud on öeldnud, et "nad vedasid meid liiga kiiresti".
Süüdistuse on saanud 9 inimkaubitsemises kahtlustatavat meest. Usun, et nad ka väärivad süüdistust. Kreeka rannavalve käitumises on aga täheldada tõsiseid kinnimätsimise märke. Võib arvata, et ka seal on keegi, kes väärib süüdistust, kuna ignoreeris sadade inimeste elu ohusviibimist kuni nende surmatunnini. Kas ta saab süüdistuse või sumbub asi ringkaitsesse - ei tea.
I can't read in this language, but... Is this about the boat full of refugees that sunk?
Either way, I don't get why people are so against immigration. At this point, I feel the least I can do is allow anyone and everyone to move to my country just to get them out of whatever area is being ravaged by the climate crisis.
Yep, it's the boat that sunk in May. By now, investigations are finishing up and court cases starting - 9 suspected smugglers have been charged (they overloaded the ship, estimated 750 people on a small fishing vessel, of whom 104 survived)...
...but also, the response of the Greek border guard seems criminally incompetent. They knew of a severely overloaded boat for the whole day, from a Frontex plane, from their own helicopter... they directed two merchant vessels to offer assistance, but didn't start a rescue operation when it would have been feasible.
Later, when it was night already, they sent a patrol boat - not to rescue people, but tow the refugee boat, and apparently the refugee boat capsized while in tow. Only then did they start a rescue operation, but it was night and their night camera was out of order, so they probably blundered around with searchlights and could help some of the victims... of the smugglers' negligence and their own incompetence. Some survivors plainly say "they towed us too fast".
It's a tragedy that the EU lacks a reasonable mechanism of legal entry, the attraction is so great that people risk their lives, and some border guards have become like this...