Aegean Boat Report  demands justice for survivors, victims of Pylos shipwreck

Aegean Boat Report is   demanding  justice for survivors,and  victims of Pylos shipwreck.

Aegean Boat Report made the demand in a post on it X handle asking  if those responsible for the Pylos Shipwreck will ever be held accountable.

The post reads:

19 months after the Pylos shipwreck, where over 600 people were killed by Greek authorities in a failed pushback attempt, still nobody has been held accountable.

From the two parties involved, Greek authorities and Frontex, we can only hear a deafening silence.

While legal representatives of the victims and humanitarian organisations are demanding answers and accountability, the European Commission is not lifting a finger to address the elephant in the room.

We could argue that European authorities are not interested in finding out what really happened when the Adriana went down, because that would put a negative spotlight on their current migration policies.

In times when European politics is leaning heavily towards the right, anything that could potentially be seen as damming for the “cause”, is swept under the rug, and this case is most definitely damming.

That the so called “independent” investigation by the Greek authorities has been without results, shouldn’t come as a huge surprise to anyone. Greece has a perfect track record when it comes to investigating themselves, they have actually never in history, found themselves guilty of anything, this case will be no exception.

One would expect that when over 600 people have been killed in Europe, by a European authority, a member of the European Union, that the commission would immediately launch a thorough independent investigation, to make sure that every stone has been turned, every shred of evidence investigated, to seek out the truth, and hold those responsible accountable.

But no, the Commission’s response was to do nothing, and wait for the results of the national investigation, and as we all know, this investigation will never be properly investigated by Greek authorities, if ever concluded.

If there ever was a time where Greek authorities should have been forced by a collective Europe, to provide all evidence to an independent international investigation, the sinking of the Adriana was it, but to be honest, absolutely nothing worth mentioning has been done.

What has been done is to give Greek authorities the time they needed to cover up their crime. They have been given time to get their ducks in a row, so that if a proper investigation would be launched, there would be no evidence left to investigate.

What has for instance the Executive Director of Frontex, Hans Leijtens, done to force Greek authorities to at least come to a conclusion in their so called investigation?

He would probably say “all in my power” but what is that really, because we can at least not see one piece of evidence that points in that direction.

The fact that there is absolutely nothing after 19 months speaks volumes, and we all know it will be the same after 24 months, 36, and so forth.

In all fairness, I don’t believe this would have been the case if it had been over 600 Europeans that were killed by Greek authorities. What does that say about us?

Over 600 people were killed in one of Europe’s biggest maritime disasters in modern history, nobody is held accountable, and most likely nobody will.

We demand justice for the survivors and victims of the Pylos shipwreck!