"They treated us like animals. I want to file a lawsuit against Greece"
An immigrant named Mohammed Ishaq from Yemen claimed that he was stabbed in the back by the Greek elements intervened in the sea and declared that he would be the plaintiff.
One of the irregular migrants rescued in the Aegean Sea , 37-year-old Yemeni national Abdullah Muhammed Ishaq claimed that he was stabbed in the back by the Greek elements who intervened in the sea and that he would be a plaintiff.
Abdullah Muhammed İshak , one of 35 irregular migrants rescued by the Coast Guard teams off the Kuşadası district of Aydın on March 7, was brought to Aydın Removal Center after his treatment at Kuşadası State Hospital.
In his statement to journalists, İshak stated that he lived in İzmir for about 1 year.
Stating that he got on a boat from Kuşadası with irregular immigrants like him to cross to Europe illegally and that they reached the territorial waters of Greece after a 3-hour journey, İshak said:
"The Greek coast guard stopped us. There were 5 of us. Four men and one woman. They all wore ski masks. They took us all aboard. Then they hit us with iron sticks. 2 people beat me with an iron stove. I shouted 'Don't do it'. I shouted 'La ilaha illallah' and they cursed me. They said not to say 'La ilahe illallah'. Then they stabbed me. I forgot where I was at that moment. I spoke Turkish. I said, 'Brother okay, brother okay'. They shouted, 'Don't speak Turkish.' Then they put us on the boat. They brought it to the middle of the sea and pushed it back."
Explaining that the Turkish coast guard rescued them, İshak said, "They accompanied us to the port. Then they took me to the hospital by ambulance. They took me under treatment at the hospital. Thank you very much to the Turkish state. They looked after me very well. They helped me a lot. They got me back to my health." said.
Claiming that their phones and all their belongings were also taken, İshak said, "The Greeks stabbed me. I am complaining about the Greeks. I will file a criminal complaint. They treated us very badly. We are human; they did not treat us like human beings.” he said.
