Thread by @Border_Violence

At the end of February thousands of people stuck in #Turkey gathered at #Greece's land and sea border with the hope of safe passage...

borderviolence.eu/new-report-on-…

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...what they found was an extreme level of violence from police and military (teargas, water cannons and gunfire), an illegal suspension of asylum rights, daily pushbacks, and inhumane treatment such as stripping, beating and detention without food and water.

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BVMN have co-authored a comprehensive report alongside several organisations @mobileinfoteam @teammareliberum @NoNameKitchen1 and @VanInfo, covering systematised rights abuses targeting people-on-the-move, both at maritime and terrestrial crossing points into Greece.

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The report analyses:

-Events at the Kastanies/Pazarkule border crossing
-Institutionalised pushbacks in the Evros region
-Human Rights breaches in the Aegean Sea
-Detention and unlawful removals from the Greek islands
-Internal violence in the Port of Patras

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This report is a call for change, combining direct testimony from people experiencing EU backed suppression of rights, with observations of organisations on the ground who are witnessing the violent externalisation of borders in Greece.

#Greece
#EU
#PushbacksAreIllegal

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