Probe finds refugees face illegal pushback at Greece, Croatia borders

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Probe finds refugees face illegal pushback at Greece, Croatia borders

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trtworld.com| 6 October 2021|

Probe finds refugees face illegal pushback at Greece, Croatia borders

Other videos and witness testimonies point to special Greek coastguard units detailed to intercept asylum seekers' boats in the Aegean Sea and set them adrift aboard orange life rafts, some paid for with EU cash.

Neither the Greek government, which has contested previous allegations of illegal pushback nor Croatia's government responded to the journalists' questions.

"Far from being a few officers stepping over the line, these pushbacks make up an established strategy by the states, whose police forces are supported financially by the EU," Liberation wrote.

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