'The Greek coastguards took us back out to sea - then hurled all three of us overboard. I was the only one able to swim to safety..' That's the horrifying testimony of an African migrant on the frontline of Europe's crisis

'The Greek coastguards took us back out to sea - then hurled all three of us overboard. I was the only one able to swim to safety..

' That's the horrifying testimony of an African migrant on the frontline of Europe's crisis By David Wilkes Published: 11:47, 22 June 2024 | Updated: 11:56, 22 June 2024 e-mail View comments The story of Ibrahim, the migrant from Cameroon, is perhaps the most shocking. He arrived on the idyllic Greek island of Samos from nearby Turkey in a small boat, hoping to register as an asylum seeker. 'We had barely docked, and then police approached,' he says.

'There were two policemen dressed in black, and three others in civilian clothes. They were masked, you could only see their eyes.' What happened next to him and two other migrants — one also from Cameroon and another from the Ivory Coast — beggars belief.

He claims all three were put on a Greek coastguard boat and taken out to sea. There, they were thrown overboard. Greek coastguards say they have rescued more than 250,000 migrants since 2015 but tragically some face worse Desperate refugees get off a small boat after crossing the Aegean 'They started with the [other] Cameroonian.

They threw him in the water...

' Ibrahim says. Next, they threw the man from the Ivory Coast overboard. 'The Ivorian man said [to me]: 'Save me, I don't want to die'.

.. and then eventually only his hand was above the water, and his body below.

Slowly his hand slipped under, and the water engulfed him.' The masked policem.