Greece: Violent Pushbacks at Turkey Border

December 17, 2018 Video Video: Greek Authorities Beat, Push Back Migrants into Turkey Greek law enforcement officers at the land border with Turkey in the northeastern Evros region routinely summarily return asylum seekers and migrants. Athens) – Greek law enforcement officers at the land border with Turkey in the northeastern Evros region routinely summarily return asylum seekers and migrants, Human Rights Watch said today. The officers in some cases use violence and often confiscate and destroy the migrants’ belongings. “People who have not committed a crime are detained, beaten, and thrown…

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