A boat in distress outside Samos contacted Aegean Boat Report at first light this morning, the boat was drifting after the Greek Coast Guard had removed their engine and left them helplessly drifting in the sea.

The boat was carrying 22 people, many of them small children. The… pic.twitter.com/ROE8KOMpkC

— Aegean Boat Report (@ABoatReport) July 12, 2023

During the night a boat reported to be carrying 34 people, 29 adults and 5 children, arrived on Samos. The group contacted Aegean Boat Report before first light asking for assistance.

After arriving the group fled to the Woods in the surrounding area to hide from Greek… pic.twitter.com/6lIqbsfzk1

— Aegean Boat Report (@ABoatReport) July 12, 2023

2.154 #RefugeesGR sind derzeit wegen 'Smuggling' in griech. Gefängnissen eingesperrt.

81 Fälle, betreffend 95 Pers., untersuchte @BorderlineEurop mit Unterstützung von @cpt_intl, @lesboslegal, @HRLPSamos & @arciporcorosso.

📄ihr Bericht [en], [de] & [gr]https://t.co/He2znRHyTr

— Seebrücke Frankfurt (@SeebrueckeFfm) July 6, 2023

What started as a rescue operation outside Samos, ended up as a pushback We assumed that the rescued people would be taken to safety on Samos, and eventually be taken to a camp, that they were finally safe, unfortunately we were gravely mistaken. https://t.co/Wkgxzy7P0H

— Aegean Boat Report (@ABoatReport) May 18, 2023

⚠️Boat in distress inside 🇬🇷waters outside Samos⚠️ Unknown number of passengers, several small children involved. @HCoastGuard and @sahilguvkom informed https://t.co/s7Fl6DyxBB pic.twitter.com/A6nmF3IoaD

— Aegean Boat Report (@ABoatReport) May 15, 2023

An urgent call for a boat carrying 13 thirteen people arrived in a speedboat near the island of Samos. They told us that the boat's engine stopped working and they also fell about three people fell into the water. The Greek authorities have been informed pic.twitter.com/2R7Bmxu9jw

— C.R.G (@C_R_G_24) May 15, 2023

Ein erfreuliches Urteil aus Straßburg von Anfang April: Der #EGMR hat die Lebensbedingungen für eine schwangere Geflüchtete im Hotspot #Samos als »unmenschliche & erniedrigende Behandlung« eingestuft und Griechenland zu einer Entschädigung verurteilt!https://t.co/eRbwiOJihs

— PRO ASYL (@ProAsyl) April 13, 2023

Das erste Urteil des Europ. Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte @ECHR_CEDH zu den Lebensverhältnissen in den Hotspots auf griech. Inseln, hier #Samos. "Unmenschlich" und "erniedrigend" war es für eine hochschwangere Frau bis zur Geburt im Zelt leben zu müssen. Zeigt: Politik von...

— Isabel Schayani (@isabelschayani) April 10, 2023

During the past week, NGOs who work inside Samos CCAC have not been able to enter the camp. This means people have not had access to vital services, such as Médecins Sans Frontières’ mobile clinic.

It is not clear when NGOs may enter again.

— Samos Volunteers (@samosvolunteers) January 8, 2023

📢NEW BLOG POST
Frontex is committing and tolerating human rights abuses on Samos and wider Greece. Read more about the fight of Samos-based organisations to terminate Frontex operations in line with Article 46(4) of the EU Regulation 2019/1896: https://t.co/FCGPmXZ7Lp pic.twitter.com/o4bfPwF75S

— Sea-Watch Legal Aid Fund (@SW_LegalAid) January 2, 2023

Today, together with 10 other organisations, we call on the 🇬🇷 Ministry of Migration and Asylum to abandon its plans to restrict Wi-Fi access at the Closed Controlled Access Centre (#CCAC) on #Samos. These plans would further restrict access to legal information on Samos.
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— I HAVE RIGHTS. (@IHAVERIGHTS_eu) December 19, 2022

Aufgrund der unzureichenden Gesundheitsversorgung auf #Samos sind unsere Teams mit mobilen Kliniken vor Ort. Zwischen April und September 2022 führte Ärzte ohne Grenzen 1.971 medizinische Grundversorgungen durch. Die Nachfrage nach #psychologischerBetreuung war konstant hoch. pic.twitter.com/fAlZol7qBr

— Ärzte ohne Grenzen (@MSF_austria) December 2, 2022

Vor 1 Jahr berichteten wir über die Errichtung des "geschlossenen u. kontrollierten" Zentrums auf #Samos, das erste von damals 5 geplanten Fluchtlagern auf Ägäischen Inseln, die "ein neues Kapitel" im Migrationsmanagement der #EU bedeuten sollten. Heute warnt @MSF (...) /1 pic.twitter.com/QmRuvIsyvu

— Franziska Grillmeier (@f_grillmeier) December 1, 2022

Over 134 people arriving on Lesvos the last two days, unfortunately not everyone was “lucky” enough to be taken to a camp, 33 people were deported in life rafts by Greek authorities. Also arrivals on Samos, their fate unknown. https://t.co/fSiLGvcyU2 pic.twitter.com/9F4XmSictQ

— Aegean Boat Report (@ABoatReport) November 12, 2022

I'm excited to attend this event tonight with Ella Dodd, @IHAVERIGHTS_eu & @PS131211, former @rlc_berlin. They are going to talk about legal means to challenge the human rights violations on #Samos.

Join the event:https://t.co/LIuM45aFGF

Meeting-ID: 825 0320 6667
Code: 236233 pic.twitter.com/HHPCKS6gQW

— Pfützen hüpfen (@PHupfen) October 24, 2022

Today starts our 5 days fundraising campaign. Follow us on Instagram to learn more about our action on #Samos and help us to continue this work by reaching our goal of 5000€. If you want to support us you can donate here https://t.co/kifaIoTvGQ. pic.twitter.com/TlOJepIwUJ

— I HAVE RIGHTS. (@IHAVERIGHTS_eu) October 22, 2022