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Investigation claims Frontex involved in Aegean sea migrant pushbacks

Refugees

A new investigation claims that the European Border and Coast Guard Agency or Frontex has been involved in forcing back at least 957 asylum seekers in the Aegean sea between March 2020 and September 2021. Pushing back people who enter EU territorial waters is illegal under the bloc’s regulations and member state and international laws. …

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Leaked report finds Frontex ‘covered up’ illegal migrant pushbacks by Greek authorities

Refugees

The former head of the European Union’s external border surveillance agency Frontex was aware of the illegal deportations of migrants by Greece and even co-financed some of the returns, according to a damning report published on Thursday by Der Spiegel. Frontex was aware very early on of these illegal and sometimes brutal returns of asylum …

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