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Greece Calls Migrant Pushback Claims 'Fake News'
[AnNahar] Greece's migration minister on Sunday dismissed fresh claims that  ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...He was reacting to reports by rights groups that thousands of people had been forced back into Turkey in recent months in violation of their right to asylum. "These are part of a broader fake news strategy promoted by Turkey, through certain non-government organizations and smuggler networks," Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi told To Vima weekly. "Investigations until now by (EU border agency) Frontex and the (Greek) coastguard have not confirmed any of the claims," he said. Greece has consistently denied claims by migrant support groups that it is illegally returning Berlin-based rights group Mare Liberum said Friday it had documented 321 incidents from March to December 2020 involving more than 9,000 people. They had been " Another group, Legal Centre Lesvos, said earlier in February that it had been in contact with more than 50 survivors of 17 collective expulsions. Mitarachi on Sunday insisted that Greece's borders were being guarded "under the framework of international law and European values." Since its election in 2019, Greece's conservative government has strongly prioritized border security and adopted a tough migration policy. Mare Liberum's report on Friday said that in addition to the Greek coastguard, Frontex and ships under NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... command were also involved in "systematic and illegal expulsions." Frontex is currently under investigation by OLAF, the EU's independent corruption watchdog, over the issue. Related: Frontex: 2020-11-30 A small Muslim colonist roundup: German Interior Minister Wants Refugee Miscreants Expelled to Syria, Brits and Frenchies Sign Another Migrant Reduction Deal Frontex: 2020-10-08 Lebanon Affirms Deal to Take Back Migrants Sailing to Cyprus Frontex: 2020-03-06 Turkey deploys special forces to Greek border to prevent pushing migrants back: minister Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-15 |
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