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Another crime, following the Pylos shipwreck, has occurred this time off the coast of Chios, where the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) pursued a boat carrying refugees and collided with it.

Τραγωδία σημειώθηκε το βράδυ της Τρίτης 3 Φεβρουαρίου 2026 στη θαλάσσια περιοχή ανοιχτά του Μερσινιδίου, στο Βροντάδο της ανατολικής Χίου, μετά από σύγκρουση σκάφους του Λιμενικού Σώματος με σκάφος στο οποίο επέβαιναν πρόσφυγες και προσφύγισσες.

Throughout October, numerous deadly shipwrecks and violent maritime interceptions occurred near Lesvos and other Aegean islands. These incidents led to preventable deaths, people going missing, and survivors reaching the islands in a state of severe psychological distress.

By order of the Prosecutor of the Reviewing Court, criminal proceedings are to be brought against four senior officers of the Coast Guard, including its current chief, whose case had been shelved by the prosecutor of the Piraeus Naval Court, and the survivors had lodged an appeal against the shelving.