“Four officials with direct knowledge of Frontex operations said that agency officials have been discouraging crews from filing reports on pushback incidents, and, in some cases, have stopped initial alerts of violations from being filed as “serious incident reports,” at times after consulting with the Greek authorities.
They all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were concerned about losing their jobs, or were not authorized to brief the press.
The Frontex spokesman, Chris Borowski, said the agency took the reporting of violations very seriously. “Pushbacks are illegal under international law,” Mr. Borowski said.”
See: E.U. Border Agency Accused of Covering Up Migrant Pushback in Greece (The New York Times, link)
Further reading
02 December 2020
Frontex: thumbs-up for the “Management Board Working Group on Fundamental Rights and Legal and Operational Aspects of Operations”
24 November 2020
Greek authorities ordered pushback to Turkey, documents show
17 November 2020
Frontex: will a Management Board “sub-group” find the truth about pushbacks?
27 October 2020