On Saturday afternoon, 27th of November, a 24 years old afghan refugee,
father of three children, was crushed between two trucks during his
effort to climb in one of them and leave for Italy. This happened in the
national road Patras-Korinthos (in Greece).
According to the Group for solidarity to refugees and immigrants
the 24 year old man together with other afghan refugees was trying to
enter a truck while it was stopped in front of a traffic light. Behind
it there was another truck and its driver tried to push away the
refugees by honking and approached the truck in front of him. The afghan
man did not manage to escape and was severely injured. He was
transferred to the hospital of Patras where he passed away 5 hours
later. The police characterized the incident as a slight accident and
the driver was released instead of standing trial.
Today (29th of November) in the afternoon there will be a demonstration at the central square of Patras against this decision.
A lot of refugees try to climb and hide in trucks at the port of Patras
that are leaving for ports in Italy. Some of the refugees die of
suffocation inside the boat, others suffer accidents like the one stated
before.
As long as the borders are closed, there will be people dying during
their effort to cross them. Dublin regulation must be abolished and
European borders must open.
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