Revealed: Official Greek order to illegally pushback migrants (EUobserver, link):
“A redacted chain email from the EU’s border agency, Frontex, made available following a freedom of information request, clearly shows that the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) received orders to push migrants back into Turkish territorial waters.
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The email, dated 6 March 2020, describes an incident where the Danish coast guard refused orders to force migrants and asylum seekers on a small boat near the Greek island coastline back to Turkey.
Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri has repeatedly described that incident as a “misunderstanding”, telling the European Parliament that it was an isolated incident.
But the nine-page Frontex email chain casts that assessment into doubt, given it was direct order.”
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