Three people who were detaining irregular migrants passing through the Evros Region to Greece were caught and detained by the Greek Police. In the statement made by the Greek police, it was stated that the racist group kept 13 Syrian and Pakistani immigrants in a trailer attached to a vehicle and called for action on social media.
The police detained the owner of a vehicle and two people who helped the owner of the vehicle in this action near Alexandroupoli last night.
In the video, a person cursed the immigrants and said, “I collected 25 pieces in the trailer. These will burn us. The whole mountain is full. They are sworn to burn us. Get organized together, let’s collect them.” He is heard using the phrase.
INTERVENTION FROM THE GREEK HIGH COURT
According to the news of Greek State Television ERT, Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Greece, Yorgos Adilinis, demanded an investigation be launched for the crimes of using violence, endangering human life and kidnapping related to the racist incident.
In his article addressed to the Alexandroupoli Prosecutor’s Office, Adinis stated that the narrator in the video invited other people to racist action as well, adding, “The racist violent act in which a Alexandroupolis resident stows refugees in a trailer like sardines is worrying.” used the phrases.
Adilinis, who wanted to reveal the causes of the fires that caused loss of life, property damage and natural disaster in the region, wanted to investigate whether an organized crime organization was behind these fires.
EXPLANATION FROM THE GREEK MINISTER
Greek Citizen Protection Minister Yannis İkonomu said in a statement on the X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, “Greece is a state of law with a strong democratic acquis and humanitarian tradition. Street laws cannot be tolerated in any way.” made statements.
REACTION FROM SYRIZA
Nasos Iliopoulos, the Parliamentary Spokesperson of the main opposition party Radical Left Alliance (SYRIZA), accused the government of not being able to adequately respond to the fires and criticized the racist groups in the Evros Region in his post on social media.
Iliopulos argued that the failure of civil protection to function properly caused 19 people to die of fire in the region.
Arguing that the state mechanism has collapsed in the Evros Region, Iliopoulos said, “Far-right groups are chasing immigrants and refugees by producing conspiracy theories with the connivance of the government and the support of Greek Resolution Party Deputy Paris Papadakis.” used the phrases.
ANTI RACIST ACTION
The Movement for Unity Against Fascist Threat and Racism (KEERFA), operating in Greece, criticized the government for condoning racist groups for the incident in which irregular migrants were detained in a trailer, and called for an anti-racist action in the capital, Athens, on Thursday, August 24.
- 20 people, including 19 immigrants, died in the fires.
A shepherd in Viotia and an irregular migrant in Kavacık (Lefkimi) in the Meriç Region lost their lives in the fires that continued for 5 days in the country on August 21.
Yesterday, the bodies of 18 people, 2 of them children, were found in the forest area of Dadia in the Evros Region, estimated to belong to irregular migrants trying to cross to Greece through Meriç.(AA)