Thread by @PatrickKingsley

Greece is operating a domestic black site on its border with Turkey, one of several hardline measures aimed at stopping a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis

Our visual investigation, with @MatinaStevis, @heytherehaIey, @SarahAlmukhtar, @malachybrowne

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Our team also used forensic analysis of open-source videos to confirm the shooting of a Syrian refugee on the Greek land border earlier this month

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... as well as a violent pushback by the Greek Coast Guard off the coast of Kos

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The secret detention center is the starkest development. We heard about it from several migrants in recent days.

One provided me with particularly detailed testimony, drawings & coordinates, allowing me to locate it using satellite maps. It's just west of the village of Poros

.@MatinaStevis & I then attempted to reach it by car, but we were turned back at a nearby roadblock, where policemen threatened us with detention

But @MatinaStevis was able to confirm its existence by speaking with a former Greek official

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The Turkish security forces also have a lot to answer for. We are publishing new footage of Turkish officials firing teargas over the Greek border, while allowing refugees to tear down part of the Greek border fence

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Here is an excellent new @RESPOND_H2020 report on the site, revealing more details about it. It used to be an official screening center until 2015 — but for the past half-decade it has been off-the-books, its role shrouded in secrecy.
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