they switched on their lights, kept a light on us and told us to stop. The ship was big, a patrol boat. They threw a rope and hooked us to their ship. The police didn’t ask any questions. They didn’t treat us well. They used bad words. They searched us and then brought us back close to the Turkish shore. They put us back on our rubber boat but only gave us two oars back. They told us to go back. We were about 100 meters from shore, but with two oars we became very tired. We couldn’t move fast and we took turns rowing.102 102 Human Rights Watch interview (name withheld, S-143) Athens, June 3, 2008. 47 Human Rights Watch November 2008