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Patrol boat saved 51 migrants
The "Börde" saved 51 migrants during the recent Weekend off Samos. On Sep 10, 2016, at 04:25 a.m. the patrol boat detected a vessel which could not be identified. Upon arrival it was found that it was a small overcrowded motor boat with 18 mgrants and a skipper on board. He followed the instruction to stop, and all migrants were transferred onto the "Börde", among them 11 women, five men and three children. The migrants were handed over to the Greek authorities, the skipper arrested and the boat confiscated. At 08:20 a.m. the Crew of the patrol boat sighted a rubber boat with 32 migrants on board off Samos. The 17 men, seven women and eight children were coming from Afghanistan. They were recovered and handed over to the Greek authorities. German report with photo: http://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/70256/3427530
German patrol boat saved distressed migrants
The "Börde" saved 11 distressed Pakistani migrants off Samos Island in the night of June 13, 2016. Four were pulled put of the water, another seven from their rubber boat which had suffered a failure of the outboard motor sank immediately after the rescue operation. The migrants were handed over to the Greek authorities on Samos. In the recent week the "Börde“ already saved 55 Syrians, Afghans and Pakistani off Samos. German report with photo: http://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/70256/3351948
German patrol boats saved seven migrants
On Apr 28, 2016, seven migrants were rescued off Samos by the "Uckermark" and "Börde" in the frame of the Frontex-mission "Poseidon Rapid Intervention". Upon the alert at 4.55 p.m. both ships headed for the position with high speed. One officer aboard the "Uckermark" then remarked several persons who had saved themselves on steep rocks north of Samos and landed three crew members with a daughter boat under dangerous conditions. They found out, that it was a Syrian family, among them three smalll children and one old woman, all in bad physical state. Two more officers were embarked with water and medical supplies, while members of the Greek fire brigade were approaching the site from the shore. Within one hour, all could be recovered from the rocks and transferred onto the "Börde" and later taken to Vathy aboard the "Uckermark". German report with photos: http://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/70256/3314613
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