Greece denies allegations of pushbacks of asylum-seekers
Greece denies allegations of pushbacks of asylum-seekers Xinhua 13 May 2021, 05:30 GMT+10 ATHENS, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Greek government denied on Wednesday allegations of unprocessed returns (push-backs) of refugees and migrants at the country's sea and land borders with Turkey contained in a letter sent to Athens by Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights. According to Europe's leading human rights body, since 2017 there have been many credible allegations of asylum-seekers illegally returned to Turkey or left adrift at sea. In a letter dated May 3, Mijatovi...