BBC documentary on Dimitris Baltakos and research on migrants in the Aegean

Dimitris Baltakos, son of former EPO chief and government secretary Takis Baltakos, has essentially admitted on BBC microphone that Greece is dumping migrants at sea.

With the BBC … chose to include in the article the excerpt in question from the British news agency’s documentary “Dead in Silent Killing,” which exposed the son of Takis Baltakos, the former head of special operations for the Greek Coast Guard. Medicine’.

“I didn’t tell them much, did I? Tell them. Make it clear, all right. What about them? You know, it’s obvious from the outside what’s going on, right? He doesn’t want nuclear physics. I don’t know why we did it in broad daylight. I don’t know what… it’s illegal. . Obviously. It’s an international crime,” Dimitris Baltakos can be heard saying during a break in the interview, however.

The BBC, in its investigation, condemns the coastguard for the treatment of migrants trying to reach Greece and seek asylum.

Government response

Government representative Pavlos Marinakis was also asked about the issue, insisting that what was mentioned in the BBC investigation was being investigated but not proven.

In this particular documentary, which also includes an interview with Dimitris Paltlakou, the BBC investigates 15 cases where, as noted by its contributors, the Greek authorities continued to illegally return refugees and migrants, the actions of which the British media led. 40 people died.

Research for the BBC documentary began last June after the ship sank off Pylos with more than 600 people on board. Based on official data from 2015 to 2024, Greek authorities rescued 250,000 refugees and migrants in 6,161 incidents.

Dimitris Baltakos has been retired from the Coast Guard since 2019.