Rescue operation of a paralytic refugee status in the marine region of the island of Chios

In a rescue operation of a paralytic, a refugee with a disability in the lower extremities, rushed…
yesterday, the Basis of Readiness of the Greek Rescue Team on the island, call the Central port Authority of Chios.
The refugee began to swim from the area of the refugee camp of Souda island towards the Turkish coast, at 12.30 noon, and in conditions of strong wave action, with the result that his life is in immediate danger. Directly informed the members of the Hellenic Rescue Team of Chios, which responded in just eight minutes, and staffed the rescue ship IRINI (Rescue 6), who rushed to help. The ship, after he went to the scene, he spotted another migrant who was swimming in the same area, which helped me to come out to the coast, and after investigation, a 20-minute detected, and the immigrant with paraplegia, who was found exhausted on the rocks of the northern breakwater of the main Port of Chios. The refugee was not able to swim enough to move away from the coast and ended up at this point.
The members of the EGE of Chios bringing the two refugees to safety in the Harbour and from there were transported by the authorities to the camp of Souda.