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to be alive. the driver's whereabouts are unknown. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. i'm stephen sackur. the devastating train crash in greece which killed 57 people generated a wave of grief and anger. many greeks see the disaster as symptomatic of a failing state, characterised by a lack of investment in public infrastructure and a lack of accountability at the heart of government. other aspects of public policy are also facing harsh scrutiny, from migration to internal security. my guest is greek migration minister notis mitarachi. has his government lost the con...

Because of the so—called pushback policy that greece pursues — in other words, pushing people out of greek waters. that is a policy which athens says doesn't exist. it repeatedly and strenuously has denied that it uses this sort of tactic. so, where are we tonight? well, the families of the dead are grieving. for hundreds more families, they face an unbearable wait to try and find out what has happened, and european leaders are talking once again about trying to find a solution to all of this. but the reality is so far this year, more than 70,000 people have arrived in europe, mainly in fo...

The offer of support, that was because of the so—called pushback policy that greece pursues — in other words, pushing people out of greek waters. that is a policy which athens says doesn't exist. it repeatedly and strenuously has denied that it uses this sort of tactic. so, where are we tonight? well, the families of the dead are grieving. for hundreds more families, they face an unbearable wait to try and find out what has happened, and european leaders are talking once again about trying to find a solution to all of this. but the reality is so far this year, more than 70,000 people have ...

And has this update. we don't know the scale of this disaster tonight, but it's clear it is bad. more than 100 people have been rescued, but survivors are saying that up to 700 people, they believe, were on board this fishing boat. it set off reportedly from libya and was heading to italy. an image has emerged showing the vessel packed with people in the deepest part of the mediterranean. no—one, it would seem, had a life jacket on. the greek authorities have said tonight that they went towards the vessel and that no—one wanted help when they offered it. but that has been challenged by an ...

The so—called pushback policy that you've implemented is illegal, isn't it? first of all, it is clear that we have denied smugglers a few hundred million euros a year. that's a big business. yeah, but could you just answer my question? answer my question about violating international law. i will answer. not at all. the right to protect the borders is in the european regulation 656 of 2014. it is in the european court of human rightsjudgments in the case of spain and north macedonia. people don't have a right to cross illegally the borders. there is no international law that provides for acce...