EU pushback of refugees killed over 2,000 during pandemic, report reveals
Hundreds of migrants from different countries are gathered on Bosnia and Herzegovina s border with Croatia, awaiting an opportunity to continue on to the EU country, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 24, 2018 [Samir Yordamoviç/Anadolu Agency] May 7, 2021 at 2:05 pm
European Union (EU) member states pushback of asylum seekers and refugees seeking to enter Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the death of over 2,000, according to a report by the British newspaper the Guardian.
The report, based on joint investigations with European newspapers and data sourced from various organisations, revealed that some EU states have been using a series of coordinated tactics to push back tens of thousands of asylum seekers, and were reportedly supported by the EU s border agency Frontex.
InfoMigrants By Natasha Mellersh Published on : 2021/05/07
In an article published on Wednesday, the British newspaper revealed that at least 40,000 people seeking asylum in the European Union have been pushed back illegally. These operations have led to the deaths of more than 2,000 people.
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Guardian newspaper reported that EU member states have used illegal operations to push back at least 40,000 asylum seekers from Europe s borders during the pandemic. The deaths of more than 2,000 people are being linked to these practices.
According to the newspaper, the EU’s border agency Frontex has systematically pushed back thousands of refugees, including minors, using illegal tactics. It has also engaged in violence and inhumane treatment during detention or transportation.
Illegal EU pushbacks linked to 2,000 refugee deaths
Following border closures due to COVID-19, EU nations have paid non-EU states and enlisted private vessels to intercept boats in distress at sea and push back passengers to detention centers
By Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian
EU member states have used illegal operations to push back at least 40,000 asylum seekers from Europe’s borders during the COVID-19 pandemic, linked to the death of more than 2,000 people, the Guardian can reveal.
In one of the biggest mass expulsions in decades, European nations, supported by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, or Frontex, systematically pushed back refugees, including children fleeing from wars, in their thousands, using illegal tactics ranging from assault to brutality during detention or transportation.
InfoMigrants By Benjamin Bathke Published on : 2021/05/05
A Balkans-based network of human rights groups has released a report on pushbacks against migrants in Greece and Croatia. It claims that systematic violence by Croatian and Greek authorities often amounts to torture or inhuman and degrading treatment. When the police arrived, I was saying to them please, peace with us, peace , but they weren t interested in that and pulled guns on us. I heard that they loaded it. One of the officers came to me with his gun and put it directly on my head while he was shouting on me who s the leader? I know it s you .