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1/. #BREAKING: “Greece Says It Doesn’t Ditch Migrants at Sea. It Was Caught in the Act”
@nytimes video evidence shows asylum seekers, including children, being rounded up after arriving on #Lesvos, taken to sea + abandoned on a dinghy by Greek coast guard nytimes.com/2023/05/19/wor…
@nytimes video evidence shows asylum seekers, including children, being rounded up after arriving on #Lesvos, taken to sea + abandoned on a dinghy by Greek coast guard nytimes.com/2023/05/19/wor…
2/. This does not come as a surprise
In 2021, @amnesty documented how the Greek authorities are conducting illegal pushbacks at land & sea
These are not random instances
"Violent pushbacks have become the de facto Greek border policy" Amnesty concludes bit.ly/3MDXzSq
In 2021, @amnesty documented how the Greek authorities are conducting illegal pushbacks at land & sea
These are not random instances
"Violent pushbacks have become the de facto Greek border policy" Amnesty concludes bit.ly/3MDXzSq
3/. In 2020, footage captured Greek coastguards endangering the lives of refugees attempting to cross the Aegean. They were pushing them back to Turkey
European govts are often complicit in so-called "pushbacks" on or around the EU land & sea borders
European govts are often complicit in so-called "pushbacks" on or around the EU land & sea borders
4/. The law is very clear
Everyone seeking protection has a right to apply for asylum
Last year, a leaked report from the European anti-fraud office showed how the EU border agency, Frontex, acquiesces to Greece’s illegal, & often violent, pushbacks of migrants & asylum seekers
Everyone seeking protection has a right to apply for asylum
Last year, a leaked report from the European anti-fraud office showed how the EU border agency, Frontex, acquiesces to Greece’s illegal, & often violent, pushbacks of migrants & asylum seekers
https://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1581987557394763776
5/. In 2020, evidence the @guardian exposed a coordinated & unlawful EU assault on the rights of desperate people trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe
This piece by @daniel_howden @Balkanizator & @zachcampbell_8 show how Europe treats refugees
theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…
This piece by @daniel_howden @Balkanizator & @zachcampbell_8 show how Europe treats refugees
theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…
6/. EU authorities have failed to take serious steps to stop these cruel & life-endangering pushbacks on Europe’s borders which violate intn’l & asylum law
Greece must urgently launch a thorough & impartial investigation into the case reported in today👇
Greece must urgently launch a thorough & impartial investigation into the case reported in today👇
https://twitter.com/amnestypress/status/1659561055981391874
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