A prime EU official has informed the BBC that the Greek authorities should cease the unlawful deportation of migrants arriving on the nation’s bord
A prime EU official has informed the BBC that the Greek authorities should cease the unlawful deportation of migrants arriving on the nation’s borders.
The Commissioner for Residence Affairs, Ylva Johansonn, stated that the “very effectively based” reviews of ‘pushbacks’ at sea and on land have been “violations of elementary European values”.
Human rights teams allege that 1000’s of individuals in search of asylum in Europe have been pushed again from Greece to Turkey earlier than being given an opportunity to use for asylum.
Greece has all the time denied the allegations.
The BBC’s Fergal Keane reviews from the island of Lesbos.
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