On 15 December 2012, a boat capsized after leaving Canakkale, Turkey, on its
way to the Greek island of Lesvos, and 27 people died. The only survivor was a
16-year-old boy from Afghanistan:
“When I woke up in the hospital, I asked to go to the morgue. I just wanted to
know if they have found the bodies of my friends. I saw them there. It was very
difficult. I couldn’t sleep or eat for days afterwards.”
© Giorgos Moutafis
above: A document belonging to a Somali
cover: A night patrol of the Greek Coastguard
woman, found on Ferogia beach on the
spots a boat carrying migrants from Afghanistan,
Greek island of Lesvos in the Aegean Sea,
Somalia and Palestine, attempting to cross the
August 2008.
sea border from Turkey to Greece, June 2009.
© Angelos Tzortzinis
Amnesty International July 2013
index: eur 25/007/2013