Lifejackets

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.

A tragedy occurred on the night of Tuesday, 3 February 2026 off the coast of Mersinidi in Vrontados, eastern Chios, following a collision between a vessel of the Hellenic Coast Guard and a boat carrying refugees.

Καθ’ όλη τη διάρκεια του Οκτωβρίου σημειώθηκαν πολλά θανατηφόρα ναυάγια και βίαιες θαλάσσιες αναχαιτίσεις κοντά στη Λέσβο και σε άλλα νησιά του Αιγαίου. Τα περιστατικά αυτά είχαν ως αποτέλεσμα θανάτους που θα μπορούσαν να είχαν αποφευχθεί, αγνοούμενους, καθώς και επιζώντες οι οποίοι έφτασαν στα νησιά σε κατάσταση έντονης ψυχικής δυσφορίας.

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.