EU: Address Croatia Border Pushbacks

November 8, 2019 Video Croatia Slams Door on Migrants Abuses Should Rule Out Schengen Accession (Budapest) – The European Commission’s October 22, 2019 conclusion that Croatia is ready to join the Schengen Area wilfully brushes over evidence of violent pushbacks of migrants at its borders, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing a video documenting the abuses. The European Commission’s action sends the message that serious human rights abuses are no obstacle to Schengen accession. The European Commission should investigate the situation instead of rewarding Croatia. “Croatia’s unlawful…

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