Migrants claim rogue Greek coastguard are ROBBING them at gunpoint and puncturing their dinghies in the Mediterranean

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By clandestina

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3225321/Pirate-rogue-element-Greek-coastguard-ROBBING-migrants-gunpoint-puncturing-dinghies-Mediterranean.html

  • EXCLUSIVE: Migrants claim rogue Greek coastguard are ROBBING them at gunpoint and puncturing their dinghies in the Mediterranean
  • Migrants claim that they have have been robbed of their life possessions while on the perilous crossing to Greece by pirates
  • They claim that the masked, armed men may be a rogue element of the Greek coastguard and claim their descriptions fit
  • The UNHCR, Doctors Without Borders and Save the Children are told MailOnline they are looking into the claims
  • Greek coastguard deny the claim, adding pirates are ‘posing as authorities’… but admitted last month that one was a government employee

By Hannah Roberts In Kos For Mailonline

Masked gunmen from the Greek coastguard’s special forces have turned pirate and are robbing refugees in boats in the middle of the Mediterranean, migrants and aid-workers claim.
Migrants have told MailOnline shocking stories of how ‘commandos’ wearing balaclavas and armed with guns have struck in dozens of attacks between Turkey and Greece during July and August.
In some instances, the pirates made off with tens of thousands of euros in cash that the migrants had taken with them to find a better life in Europe – as well as mobile phones.
Victims say the mysterious assailants, who are light-skinned and …read more

From:: Clandestine