The quarrels between Greece and Turkey leave a group of immigrants trapped for several days on an island

“No one listens to us” Baida lamented last August 10 in statements to the digital edition of Al-Jazeera. Baida is a 27-year-old woman who has somehow emerged as the leader of a group of some 40 Syrian immigrants who have been trapped for days on an unnamed island in the outskirts of Evros, a Greek enclave that borders Turkey and Bulgaria.

She has been the person who has been sending desperate messages for help to lawyers and journalists since a five-year-old girl in the group died. “A girl has died. I can’t do anything”Baida said in a WhatsApp voice note sent to journalists Franziska Grillmeier Y katy fallon.

Baida also posted images of the deceased girl lying on her back in a grassy area of ​​the island, with her eyes closed. In another message, Baida wondered why the children were not getting any help from anyone.

The reason is that it seems the location of the immigrant group was not entirely clear and that caused there to be doubts between Greece and Turkey about who should carry out the rescue work, according to the British chain on Tuesday BBC.

In fact, Al-Jazeera echoes a statement issued by the Greek authorities in which it was said that the refugees were “outside Greek territory”. However, the lawyers with whom the aforementioned media contacted assured, after checking the coordinates, that they were on an island that was part of Greece.

[Las niñas afganas, que tienen prohibido asistir a la escuela, piden al mundo que no las olvide]

The Greek authorities initially pointed out that immigrants (who have identified themselves as Syrians to the Police) were in Turkish territory. Finally, the group was found four kilometers south of the coordinates they had provided a few days earlier, outside Greek territory. That is why the refugees could not be located before, according to the Greek Police.

Among those trapped on the island was a woman who was several months pregnant and even sent a message to journalists saying: “I am eight months pregnant and I need to see a doctor because I am bleeding.” Journalist Giorgos Christideswho works for Der Spiegelechoed it on Twitter.

This group of immigrants denounces that it has been stranded on this tiny greek island since mid july and that in all that time they have not received the necessary attention or help. They complain that they have suffered a critical situation and have been abandoned.

Baida, the woman who has become the group’s spokesperson, explained to the BBC that they have been treated “like a soccer ball, going from one side to another”; in reference to the exchange of accusations between Turkey and Greece. “No one loves us, no one listens to us and no one helps us,” she denounces.

Amnesty International has published a message on its Twitter account in which it recognizes the “relief” that “the group of immigrants that has been blocked for days on the island of Evros is finally safe in Greece.” But he also regrets “the death of the five-year-old girl” and points out that “We are concerned about the delay in the rescue”. The tweet ends with a reminder: “Seeking asylum is a human right.”