Refugee NGO takes ‘political’ position in Greek-Turkish row

Euractiv | Oct 11, 2022 at 9:01 AM
  • Aegean Boat Report, a Norwegian NGO dealing with refugees, has backed Turkey’s political claims against the militarisation of Greek islands triggering strong reactions on social media.
  • In this case, casus belli means that if Greece extends its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles, as it reserves the right to do so under international law, it could trigger a war.
  • Tommy Olsen, an activist for Aegean Boat Report, admitted that this “may seem an odd topic” for an NGO dealing with the “Greek government’s brutal, barbaric and of course entirely illegal pushbacks”.