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[Opinion] Disabled Child Forced to Travel in Ferry Garage Amidst Greece’s Heatwave
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Disabled Child Forced to Travel in Ferry Garage Amidst Greece’s Heatwave
The photo of the disabled child in the ferry’s garage has shocked public opinion in Greece. Credit: Facebook/Evi Zoumpoulidou The Kavala Port Authority in northern Greece has launched an investigation and begun sanction proceedings against the captain and loading personnel of a ferry after a disabled child was reportedly forced to travel in the vessel’s scorching garage during a heatwave. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, July 23, during …
For another year, the shameful images are repeated, with disabled passengers, the elderly and the sick remaining in the garages of ferry boats, without any access to the deck. Despite the repeated complaints and interventions of disabled people and activists for years, the situation has not changed. In recent days, two shameful incidents have occurred on ferry boats to Thassos, with the Ministry of Shipping and Mr. Kikilias acting ex post facto,…
By order of the Minister of Shipping and Insular Policy, Vasilis Kikilias, the Port Authority of Kavala has initiated the procedure for imposing sanctions for violation of the provisions of the General Port Regulation No. 14, against the Master and the persons responsible for loading the ship. In this context, strict recommendations were made to the Master, in particular regarding the fact that he did not take appropriate care to place the disab…
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