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Amnesty says Greece ‘illegally returning’ migrants to Turkey
YeniSafak ^ | June 23, 2021

Posted on 06/23/2021 2:31:42 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan

Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Greece of contravening their human rights obligations under EU and international law by illegally detaining refugees and migrants and returning them to Turkey.

The human rights group’s new report, “Greece: Violence, lies and pushbacks,” focuses on the Evros region, along the border between Greece and Turkey.

Last year, Greece pushed back migrants after Turkey unilaterally opened its borders. Amnesty said these human rights violations at Greece’s borders have continued and become an entrenched practice.

“It is clear that multiple arms of the Greek authorities are closely coordinating to brutally apprehend and detain people who are seeking safety in Greece, subjecting many to violence, then transferring them to the banks of the Evros river before summarily returning them to Turkey,” said Adriana Tidona, migration researcher for Europe at Amnesty International.

“Our research shows that violent pushbacks have become the de facto Greek border control policy in the Evros region,” she said.

“The level of organization needed to execute these returns, which affected around 1,000 people in the incidents we documented, some numerous times and sometimes via unofficial detention sites, shows just how far Greece is going to illegally return people and cover it up.”

(Excerpt) Read more at yenisafak.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: blogtrash; erdogan; isis; kurdistan; notnews; receptayyiperdogan; russia; turkey
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My personal favorite is the sound cannons at the border

Sound cannon at border

1 posted on 06/23/2021 2:31:42 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Well they belong to Turkey


2 posted on 06/23/2021 2:33:30 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Right Wing Vegan

They should return them by firing them out of cannon.


3 posted on 06/23/2021 2:35:21 PM PDT by Kozak (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TV)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

The turks are there illegally. They are being returned to their home. Turks have a history of invading Greece.


4 posted on 06/23/2021 2:37:58 PM PDT by I want the USA back (The government is the biggest criminal of them all.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Screw the EU!


5 posted on 06/23/2021 2:38:06 PM PDT by Revel
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To: butlerweave

Turkey releases refugees based on how other countries cooperate with them. In normal times it could be considered an act of war.


6 posted on 06/23/2021 2:38:23 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Imagine that. The Greeks want to keep Greece, Greek.


7 posted on 06/23/2021 2:38:26 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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Unless it does Greece dies.

This is Not Thermopylae.

There are no second chances.

Even then, The chance Greece remains a nation state within 30 years is doubtful.

8 posted on 06/23/2021 2:38:47 PM PDT by Jakarta ex-pat (.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

I always wondered why covert groups don’t load up masses of illegal aliens and take them to the houses of open border people at three in the morning. Snap off the lock on their gate and tell the illegals “Wait in here.”


9 posted on 06/23/2021 2:40:26 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Kozak

“They should return them by firing them out of cannon.”

Trebuchet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ8jGqdE2iw


10 posted on 06/23/2021 2:41:22 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

AI may have had a good purpose early on but now it’s just become another assault on Western Civilization.


11 posted on 06/23/2021 2:42:09 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Kozak

no too expensive

bungee catapult


12 posted on 06/23/2021 2:42:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan
Should just drop them from helicopters in the middle of the Mediterranean.
13 posted on 06/23/2021 2:45:06 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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article: "[Greek authorities] brutally apprehend and detain people who are seeking safety in Greece, subjecting many to violence."

I see the problem. Greece is an unwelcoming and unsafe place for "migrants" (aka criminal invaders). So this begs the question, why are those "migrants" seeking safety in a place that isn't safe for them?

14 posted on 06/23/2021 2:51:34 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Damn it, Rush. You left us too soon. )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

How dare Greece try to defend its border! They’re as bad as Trump!
/s


15 posted on 06/23/2021 2:52:05 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Right Wing Vegan

They should be grateful they are being turned away alive.


16 posted on 06/23/2021 2:54:46 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Aren’t they already citizens of Turkey?


17 posted on 06/23/2021 2:58:17 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Kozak

Sounds like a plan.


18 posted on 06/23/2021 2:58:28 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan
Greece has a right to stop Erdogans using his people to invade their country...He's been at this for awhile now....


19 posted on 06/23/2021 3:00:12 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

20 posted on 06/23/2021 3:01:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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