Greece/EU: Respect Rights, Ease Suffering at Borders

Expand Greek soldiers guard the Kastanies border gate at the Greek-Turkish border, February 29, 2020. © 2020 AP/Giannis Papanikos (Brussels) – Greece and its European Union (EU) partners should deliver a collective response to Turkey’s new policy of not stopping migrants and asylum seekers trying to leave for Greece, Human Rights Watch said today. The EU’s response should provide for shared responsibility, uphold the right to seek asylum, and guarantee humane and dignified treatment to all migrants. On March 1, 2020, Greece’s Governmental National Security Council decided to effectively suspend…

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