10 March 2020
The European Commission president has said the Greek authorities must ensure the right to seek asylum.
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Von der Leyen: 'Right to seek asylum' at Greek border (Euobserver, link):
"European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said part of the solution on the Greek-Turkish border tension must include a right to seek asylum. "There is the obligation to protect the border, there is EU law, but there is the obligation to guarantee fundamental rights, including the rights to ask for asylum, so this is in the charter and this is what we need as a solution," she said."
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