Turned Away and Left at Sea

<p>A few weeks ago, footage showing asylum seekers, including young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard was sent to The New York Times.</p><p>Matina Stevis-Gridneff, The Times’s bureau chief in Brussels, discusses how she proved the truth of the tip that a major European government was carrying out an illegal scheme risking the lives of civilians.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/matina-stevis-gridneff">Matina Stevis-Gridneff</a>, the Brussels bureau chief for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Greece has said that it doesn’t ditch migrants at sea. But<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/greece-migrants-abandoned.html"> it was caught in the act</a>.</li><li>The Times’s investigation into the video points to<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/world/europe/greece-migrants-video-eu-investigation.html"> a slew of Greek, European Union and international law violations</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>