Greek Coast Guard found a drifting dinghy

In the Aegean last weekend, the Greek Coast Guard found a drifting dinghy. It had been lost at sea for six days. Twenty-two people died on the way. Two young Sudanese men were arrested – the “smugglers”. CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity has written a new report based on a year of monitoring “smuggling” trials. Convictions are secured without evidence. Legal defence is inadequate. Racism is on open display in the courtroom. The defendants are on trial for taking a bet on living. "We live in a society where migrant death has been normalised, even conceived as necessary", the team warns. "But we won’t accept the normalisation of death, nor will we become silent witnesses to murder."

Source: CPT.org