Athens, April 7 (EFE) – Human Rights Watch, a non-governmental organization, accuses Greece of using migrants from the Middle East and South Asia to force the return of asylum seekers to the border with Turkey.
The group released a 29-page study on Thursday explaining how Greek authorities have detained asylum seekers across the Euphrates River, often confiscating their clothes, money, phones and other belongings. They then hand over the detainees to men dressed in balconies, forcing them to board boats that lead them to the middle of the Euphrates River, where they are forced to jump into its waters to swim to the Turkish side of the river.
For the study, the organization interviewed 26 Afghan migrants, 23 men, 2 women and one child, and ensured that none of them were allowed to start the asylum application process.
23 men were forcibly repatriated to Turkey via the Euro from September 2021 to February 2022, after the suspect was arrested by Greek authorities, who later saw that they had been abused and abused.
Several respondents claimed that the boats were piloted by men who spoke Arabic or Asian, while others spoke to them.
The pilots confirmed to the respondents that they were also migrants and that they were employed by the Greek authorities with promises that they would be provided with the necessary documentation to continue their journey.
One of the Afghan detainees was spoken in Pashto by a pilot from Pakistan, who said: “We have been doing this for three months now and then they give us the document. “This way we can move freely within Greece and get a ticket to another country.”
Illegal acts are illegal practices that violate many rights of the European Convention on Human Rights, such as the prohibition of collective expulsion and the right to seek asylum.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has repeatedly denied that Greece is making a summary return, despite various NGOs presenting the practice and calling for their investigation.
Source: El Diario
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